Quotes about Values

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard.

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.

The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not only in the light of time but in the light of Eternity.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

How you spend your time defines who you are.