Quotes about Values

Remember that no matter how great a leader you become, you could lose everything that you've gained due to a lack of character.

Have I placed more value on my status or title than on my character? What perceptions do I have about myself, other people, and the world? Are they aligned with my purpose? Do they reflect the values I claim to have? What is my true nature, apart from my reputation? What values will I refuse to deny because, to do so, I would violate my ideals and ethics?

No one should think he is too smart or too safe to avoid consequences of a lack of character.

Don't expect your success to carry you in life. Rather, let your success be carried by your character.

People become leaders when they make the decision not to sacrifice their principles on the altar of convenience or compromise.

We've had enough of pragmatists and self-seeking risk-takers. We need people of character.

avenues—television, magazines, movies, music, friends, malls, and catalogs, to name a few. A steady diet of these worldly influences will shape our view of what is valuable, what is beautiful, and what is important in life.

Millions of professing Christians are deceived; they are walking in ways that simply are not biblical. Their values, their responses, their relation ships, their choices, and their priorities reveal that they have bought into the lie of the Enemy and embraced the world's way of thinking.

Ironically, moral relativists often even pride themselves on being morally superior to others.

Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview.

Many of us don't even know what it means to have a Christian perspective on our work. Oh, we know that being a Christian means being ethical on the job- as Saly put it, "no lying and cheating." But the work itself is typically defined in secular terms as bringing home a paycheck, climbing the career ladder, building a professional reputation.

For when moral convictions are reduced to arbitrary preferences, then they can no longer be debated rationally.