Quotes about Values

Culture socializes us into what is considered proper behavior. For Christians, this is true in our churches as well as in society at large.

It is one thing to be judgmental; it is entirely different to say greed is wrong or that sexual sins are wrong, and saying so is not judgmentalism.

Jesus is probing into the heart of his followers to ask them if they value life more than kingdom and righteousness.

We stand with Calvin when it comes to the moral compass: Jesus "means that however difficult, arduous, troublesome or painful God's rule may be, we must make no excuse for that, as the righteousness of God should be worth more to us, than all the other things which are chiefly dear and precious.

If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.

A father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person.

If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.

A man cannot serve God and Mammon, nor be "temperate and furious" at the same time.

Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to sacrifice a friendship to politics.

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.