Quotes about Values

the royal road to a person's heart is to talk about the things he or she treasures most.

We have all read the golden rule and the Sermon on the Mount. Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

The best physical, chemical, and other scientific knowledge will not tell us what to do and who to be.

In charting one's course in life, it is important never to forget that many things that cannot be called wrong or evil are nevertheless not good for us.

In every concrete situation we have to ask ourselves, not "Did I do the specific things in Jesus' illustrations?" but "Am I being the kind of person Jesus' illustrations are illustrations of?

Consider a daily newspaper or television newscast and eliminate from it every report that presupposes a breaking of one of the Ten Commandments. Very little will be left.

One of the greatest weaknesses in our teaching and leadership today is that we spend so much time trying to get people to do things good people are supposed to do, without changing what they really believe.

The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self-control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

We may say we value this thing or that thing more than any other, but the volume of our actions speaks louder than our words.

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.