Quotes About Values

All my siblings went to college, and my parents stressed getting school work done first before we could play.

My parents were hardworking. They made every penny stretch as far as possible. That was probably the major reason everything they gave me was always two or three sizes too large.

I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.

I had a fairly enlightened dad, though if you looked at his resume, it might not seem that way. He was a chartered accountant for Price Waterhouse. He was strict, and we had a very ordered life. To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car.

I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff.

The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual. I spent the first five years out of high school trying to make it work in Eau Claire, then I had to leave because there wasn't enough going on in town.

My parents were very strict about manners and being polite to others. I brought my own children up that way, too.

My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know?

While the books I read as a child lacked diversity in the strict sense, they didn't lack values. Reading, I didn't see me externally, but I felt me - my humanity.

I am very strict on what products I want to associate myself with, and I felt that some things were just to make a buck.

My mother was a Gandhian and very strict.

My parents were very strict with me when it came to boys and dating.

My character of Ammaji in 'Solhah Singaarr' is that of strict matriarch who adheres to her values.

My father was my best friend. He was conservative and traditional, but at the same time, he wasn't strict.

In some ways I'm quite strict - in terms of morality, honesty, things like that. And manners.

Parents with a West Indian background tend to be more strict.

My parents are pretty strict 'education first - fun later' kind of parents.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

I was offered 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I turned it down because that celebrity world is not what I'm into.

Our actions, behavior, speech and for that matter anything that we do should strictly comply with our culture.

But I did break my mum's heart, because I turned down 'Strictly' twice. I just couldn't do it. It's not for me.

I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. People put objects in front of their life, in front of anything that has real importance. They make this 'thing' their God.