Quotes About Values

Leader of Character: someone who uses influence to achieve a moral or ethical goal.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.

Money is ephemeral, moving from person to person, it's a tool. Don't let it get into your heart or soul.

Keep the money in your hand, never in your heart.

Porque soy imbécil y porque recibí demasiadas lecciones de hombres y mujeres buenos provistos de rígidos códigos morales, hallo mis fuerzas en la afirmación de lo que es correcto. Esto pocas veces me ha servido de nada en situaciones como esta.

This was the common criminal pursuit of all contemporary humankind. Give my child an Ikea desk and twelve hours a day of sedentary typing. This will mean success for me, them, our family, our lineage. She would not pursue this. She would not subject her children to this. They would not seek these specious things, no. It was only about making them loved in a moment in the sun.

Adherence to established values, an affinity to creativity. Perseverance and innovation. The dualities of a hardness like stone and the pliancy of the wind-bent bamboo, these twin qualities flux and twine through the persona of the master and give him the presence and personality by which we know him.

I would rather be defined by what I support than what I oppose.

Deep down, I knew the importance of an intact family. I think we all do.

As the old saying goes, if you have integrity, nothing else matters. But if you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

If your money is not helping you make your life better, then something is wrong. Chances are you're not making a connection between your values and the role obey plays in your life.

Values are the key to living smart and finishing rich. The sooner you and your partner start putting your values first—and stuff second—the sooner the two of you will start living a life that excites and empowers you both.

It's amazing to me that so many of us can be with our partners for years, sometimes decades, and not know their most deeply held values. The fact is, there's just about nothing that can have more of an impact on a relationship than knowing what is really important to you and your partner.

Most successful long-term relationships share similar traits. Having worked closely with hundreds of couples, I've noticed over the years what the really strong ones have in common. They recognize the vital importance of patience and compromise. They possess common values and goals. But perhaps most striking of all, the really solid couples, the ones who seem happiest and most fulfilled, all seem to have dedicated their lives together to some greater purpose.

all the money in the world won't make you happy if what you do with it conflicts with your values.

Money is great to have, but all the money in the world won't make you happy if what you do with it conflicts with your values.

Find something to believe in, Carter, other than your work. Because when you leave this life, you leave work behind. If that's all you have, then you have nothing. And eternity is a long time for nothing.

It takes a society to raise a generation.

The point is that we have all sorts of assumptions, not only about politics or economics or religion, but also about what we think an individual should do, or what life is all about, and so forth.

Where is it written that one should only care about big things? I fought for big things, long ago… for issues, principles, a country. Where are all of them now?... I found out something, you know. I discovered that the big things don't love you back. They take and take, and never give in return. They'll drain your blood, your soul, if you let them, and never let go.

When we think of the word culture, obvious representations such as how to dress, eat, speak, and act like those around us come to mind. But learning culture is more than learning conformity to external patterns of behavior. Culture is also a system of shared concepts, beliefs, and values. It is the framework from which we interpret and make sense of life and the world around us.

The think tank was invented in the twentieth century to offer objective analysis of complex issues. Now, though, think tanks often operate as the motherships of ideological movements on both the left and the right—weaving together a jumble of values and ideas into a coherent story and actionable policy agenda.

My Dad used to say that if every man just took care of his own family, the world would be a much better place.

In driving for cultural change, it's a mistake to become overly constrained by your desired culture as you've defined it. Are there any other, related behaviors, values, or principles that support high performance than the ones you've formally adopted? If so, don't hesitate to push these as well.