Quotes about Values
Life without decency is unbearable.
— Albert Nobbs
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
— Confucius
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
— Confucius
Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?
— Ezra Taft Benson
Character is what a man is in the dark.
— DL Moody
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
— Billy Graham
Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.
— Stephen Covey
Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children".
— Dallas Willard
A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.
— George H. W. Bush
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
— George Washington
Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt