Quotes about Values

Here is the rule: the way you live reveals what you really think about God.

Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In stopping to think through the meaning of what I have learned, there is much I believe intensely, much I am unsure of. But this, at least, I believe with all my heart: In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.   Hyde

Occasionally he took us on a picnic or a camping trip and taught us many valuable lessons. The chief one was to remember that camping was a good way to find out people's characters. Those who were selfish showed it very soon, in that they wanted the best bed or the best food and did not want to do their share of the work.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.

I can change nearly everything about myself. I can run from my children and trade in my spouse, move to another country and raise green rabbits for a living, but unless I care for my soul, I will not have changed who I am.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids

While both [Plato and truth] are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.