Quotes About Values

it's immoral to work to make money. There's something unlucky in it. You got to work for the work. You got to work on a farm, for the farm - then it makes money.

I do what I believe in. I do good work, and the people who appreciate it, fine, and those who don't, fine, that's good.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

If we want to succeed, we need to recover our grandparents' work ethic.

If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

The students who work with me believe in science in service of society, not science in service of career building.

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.

A given order may at any given time fail to represent those values, even work against those values. I think that's the dynamic we're seeing today.

Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?'

I've nearly walked off very big films before, and I would, because I don't want that in my life. I want to enjoy the work I do.

Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

More and more men are raising children or want to be close to their kids. They don't want to just lead work-obsessed lives and end up 50 years later with an engraved watch.

I am not the least bit religious, but at least I stick up for the good work of religion and the cascade of benefits that come from religion.

I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?

Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.

I would like people to see my work as a rehabilitation of scorned values and, in any case, make no mistake about it, a work of ardent celebration.

Work is the least important thing and family is the most important.