Quotes About Values

There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who don't drink and people who collect stickers.

But the habit of framing issues in terms of Asian and Western values did distort Singapore's view of its own challenges. Policy-makers looking through the filters of the Asian values debate tend to be unsympathetic to appeals for state welfare from down-and-out Singaporeans - since Asians are supposed to believe in self-reliance - rather than viewing them as the inevitable victims of capitalist industrialization and urbanization.

I realize it might seem too fast, but I know you are the one for me." He tapped the place over his heart. "In here, I have no doubts. You are a good woman who values the wellbeing of her family over her own comfort. I've witnessed your generous heart with your cousin, and I know about your sacrifice in marrying Hadley.

I've changed my life in a lot of ways. I'm a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the things I expressed in my early 20s aren't what I care to express right now.

They are not judgments, punishments, or betrayals. They are a purely peaceable thing: the basic principles you identify for yourself that define the behaviors that you will tolerate from others, as well as the responses you will have to those behaviors.

We are here to build the house. It's our work, our job, the most important gig of all: to make a place that belongs to us, a structure composed of our own moral code. Not the code that only echoes imposed cultural values, but the one that tells us on a visceral level what to do. You know what's right for you and what's wrong for you.

Honors to me now are not what they once were.

Our culture pushes this idea that romantic love is somehow more significant than other forms of love.

V??il jsem v romantickou lásku, protože moje kultura mi to vštípila a protože v ni v??ili všichni kolem.

I was raised Catholic," said Kate. Don't cry, oh, please don't cry. Her head blazed and she could feel the blood oozing into her eyelashes. "I don't believe in sex outside of marriage.

Marble flooring is to a Punjabi what a foreign degree is to a Tamilian

If we think it is okay to cheat in exams, lie to a ticket collector in the train about our kids' ages and pay a bit of money to avoid a big traffic fine, then at some level we clearly don't care about eliminating corruption all that much. At

Societies that value excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity do well.

No statues, please. School or statue? Hospital or statue? No need to explain further.

If a father buys his child toffees instead of books for school, it may make for a happy child. But does it make a good father?

Making a nation awesome takes more than just Twitter outrage, street protests and a toppling of governments in elections. It asks for a fundamental shift in societal values, culture and habits.

We think cheating, in reasonable amounts, is okay. These

Our society respects power, not excellence or integrity. Power-driven systems resemble the jungle. The

If we place an honest, though less wealthy person on a higher pedestal than a corrupt, yet rich individual, we will have contributed to India's progress. And

Societies that value excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity do well. If we want India to be rich, we have to value excellence and honesty first. This is where a reset, a re-prioritization of something very core to society is required. This core is our values.

However, ask someone to articulate Indian community values and there won't be a clear answer. Do

Values cannot be unpredictable; they are consistent, even in volatile times. Indian

Our enemy is the old school of thought, or rather, the people who defend the old school of thought. They do this in the name of antique Indian policies, culture and values.

Collective responsibility, a sense of the greater good versus just one's own good, and a strong set of collective values are imperative for improving society. These are the aims of all these pieces about our society.