Quotes about Values

There are only two lasting bequests that we can hope to give our children — roots and wings.

When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made.

It's gude to be merry and wise,It's gude to be honest and true;It's gude to be off with the old love,Before you are on with the new.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Black power… is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to begin to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations and to support those organizations. It is a call to reject the racist institutions and values of this society.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas — that's what my grandma taught me.

Good fathers make good sons.

When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him.

There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure values.

Let them learn first to show piety at home.