Values Quotes - Page 11

You'd think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him," said Miss Hillyard. "It didn't pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour for the women and children we hear so much about -- but in the end it left him worse of."But that," said Peter, "was only because he committed the extra sin of being found out.

Our target as believers is to live an effective life, not just a long one

Life was given to be lived for God and people

Eternal values are much more everlasting than the temporary physical material things.

God is aware of the hypocrisy in the hearts of men

The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore,Are what ten thousand envy and adore:All, all look up, with reverential Awe,At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the Law:While Truth, Worth, Wisdom, daily they decry-`'Nothing is sacred now but Villainy'- Epilogue to the Satires, Dialogue I

A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours.

The amount of value produced at a certain period depends on the level of focus used to attain it

If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.

An in-depth study of the true reason for greatness of nations, will always lead a thorough researcher to the factor of virtues and values

I leave his house feeling blissed. It is not the same feeling like when you get a present from someone, you buy things you desire, or you receive good news. It is something intrinsic that stems from solicitude, which triggers your conscience to carry out something good - in my case, helping Mr Mario. That is how righteousness works. It does not only give pleasure to the receiver (of good action), but to the giver as well.

Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice — and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man — by choice; he has to hold his life as a value — by choice; he has to learn to sustain it — by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues — by choice.A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.

We love our partners for who they are, not for who they are not.

...We are reviled, much like black conservatives and any other minority group that says ‘no’ to the Left’s victimhood politics....It’s amazing that being a homosexual who believes in small government and personal accountability can get you banned from a Manhattan Chinese restaurant.

Always see the positive aspect of every situation you find yourself

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

There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values that brook no compromise, and I would count among them integrity, fairness, and the avoidance of cruelty. But I have never accepted the argument that principle is compromised by judging each situation on its own merits, with due appreciation of the idiosyncrasy of human motivation and fallibility.

When” answers the question on time which is the currency of time

The first thing to do after you get fired is to discover God

Reflect and meditate on yourself and discover ways to multiply yourself

Our attitude to others dictates God’s attitude to us

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.

Everyone should be seen as a carrier of God’s nature

Always live in active consciousness

What you feed your soul is what you harvest with your actions.

Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God

The value of a substance is the product of the time spent to achieve it

Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be captive of them. To resist our tendencies to make right or true, that which is nearly familiar, and wrong or false, that which is only strange.

What you discover valuable to you can make all the difference in your life.

The high road of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.

When we fellowship with people, we fellowship with God

You have to be pragmatic, purposeful and goal-oriented to be fully effective

Love for people is the basis of our fellowship with God

If you stay true to your principles, you have confidence, conviction, purpose, values - in other words, you have a future.

The concept of work should be understood diligently

Nietzsche says very clearly all the way through his career that if you want to define human nature the first thing you must say is that human beings insist on value--we see the world through value colored eyes. We do not know how to look at things neutrally, value-free. So, it's not a question of giving up all values, it's simply a question of which values.

Joblessness makes you live without the fear of being fired

Of what use is money, if not spent on charityOf what use is prayer, if it is not for someone elseOf what use is your body, if it not to help someone Of what use is your intellect, if it is not for teaching othersOf what use is your smile, if it does not light up others livesAndof what use is your life, if it is not to transform others' lives!

Life was given to us for an assignment

Life has a way of filling up one's time with many different things to do. So much so that you turn a blind eye to the things that really matter.

We might think we know how we are being affected by the media—a book, a movie, a TV series. Ironically, this so-called awareness, the “third person effect,” is most common with, according to Gierzynski, “those with higher education.” He notes that “we think we know how the media affects us,” but in truth, it controls us more than we know.

Love is the greatest attribute of God

If you live with values for yourself, then you become of great value to all who know you.

It is only when we meet the needs of the people around us that God meets our needs

We have become a more juvenile culture. We have become a childish "me, me, me" culture with fifteen-second attention spans. The global village that television was supposed to bring is less a village than a playground...Little attempt is made to pass on our cultural inheritance, and our moral and religious traditions are neglected except in the shallow "family values" arguments.

A healthy company is a group of people well aligned for the same purpose propelled by the same values

See the light in losing your employment

An effective life is not determined by how long you lived

Always live in the here and now

When you devalue ethics and morals by proclaiming that our attitude toward them should be casual or lenient, you can't be surprised by a rising generation who then behaves disrespectfully, treating life, people, and choices as if they possess little value or worth.  For whether or not that was the intention, society has taught them to believe thusly.

There is a morality of reason, a morality proper to man, and Man’s Life is its standard of value.All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; all that which destroys it is the evil.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

I find it very sad that by the time corporate science realizes the value of nature, that it may be too late

Life shouldn’t be about survival alone but about living

Culture is the sum of the values, beliefs and assumptions of human groups.

I've tried to prepare my daughter for the phenomenon I've experienced of beautiful young women being dismissed and devalued as interchangeable. I tell Rachel that if a relationship doesn't make you feel good about yourself as an individual, then it's not right. My grandmother told me once years ago that if you're ever with somebody who you find embarrasses you in public or private, you're with the wrong person. Walk away.

Service to God is largely unacceptable without service to men

History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what do do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from.

I put artistic values above all others. Because writing, for me, is an expanded world, a limitless world, containing all.

The one who lives solely with the many, solely with the best, lives only as briefly as that which he owns, passes his tests. The one living by his actions, and by his deeds, will live his full life owning the average, happily having them, filling his needs.