Quotes about Values

Morals are a luxury of the rich.

The faults of the burglar are the qulaities of the financier.

How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?

A kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gum or starch in the form of tradition.

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children.

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard.

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.