Quotes about Values

Good ends will not justify evil actions. What

Americans believe that the bottom line isn't everything, it's the only thing, and America is strangling on that lack of vision."13 Bennis also noted, "It isn't either a bull or a bear market anymore, it's a pig market."14

How you do life is your real and final truth, not what ideas you believe.

Unless and until we can enjoy this, so much of what passes for Christianity will amount to little more than well-disguised narcissism and self-referential politics. We see this phenomenon playing out in the de facto values of people who strongly identify as Christian. Often they are more racist, classist, and sexist than non-Christians. "Others can carry the burden and the pain of injustice, but not my group," they seem to say.

gay marriage as the ultimate threat to society

We are creating many para-church organizations, and some new studies claim that if we look at the statistics, we will see that Christians are not leaving Christianity as much as they are realigning with groups that live Christian values in the world, instead of just gathering to again hear the readings, recite the creed, and sing songs on Sunday.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.

Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

You cannot keep yourself from talking about what you care about most. Jesus said, "A man's heart determines his speech.

Why you do what you do matters the most to God.