Quotes About Values

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

M?c Ä'ích t?i th??ng c?a giáo d?c không ph?i là ki?n th?c mà là hành Ä'á»™ng.

If history is to be truly history, if it is to realize values, universally valid values, we cannot know this from the facts in themselves, but we borrow this conviction from philosophy, from our view of life and of the world — that is to say, from our faith. Just as there is no physics without metaphysics, there is no history without philosophy, without religion and ethics.

I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act.

The man who is thus outside the confines of every value-combination, and has become the exclusive representative of an individual value, is metaphysically an outcast, for his autonomy presupposes the resolution and disintegration of all system into its individual elements; such a man is liberated from values and from style, and can be influenced only by the irrational.

it is always he, unfortunate wretch, who assumes the rôle of executioner in the process of value-disintegration, and on the day when the trumpets of judgment sound it is the man released from all values who becomes the executioner of a world that has pronounced its own sentence.

they derive much of their sense of identity from their title and employer and that such overidentification with any institution can lead to stunted growth in other arenas. Far into our careers, we can remain the victims of other people's values and expectations.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

Even where the Faith is preserved men pursue wealth and power inordinately. Where the Faith is lost they pursue nothing else.

You're a tough guy, aren't you?" Tough was the biggest compliment my family offered. Nice was fine, smart was good, but tough was what we aimed for.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.'

We may be tainted with pragmatism, but it only needs a clash of personalities to remind us of our principles.

Ask Robespierre. Ask the man with the conscience which is more important, your friend or your country— ask him how he weighs an individual in the scheme of things. Ask him which comes first, his old pals or his new principles. You ask him, Camille.

People confuse early rising with moral worth;

It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.