Quotes about Values

Even a bad father can leave an inheritance. Only a good father can leave a heritage.

Andrew Carnegie said, "The almighty dollar bequeathed to a child is an almighty curse. No man has the right to handicap his son with such a burden as great wealth.

The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim

How we spend our time verifies what we value most: TV, the Internet, or God's Word?

Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index to a man's true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate correlation between the development of a man's character and how he handles his money. RICHARD HALVERSON

He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.' 

the more you hold on to the true and the good, the more you are free to really live.

Our society is walking through a maze of cultural land mines and the heaviest price is exacted as we send our children on ahead.

Yet there is nothing so vulgar left in our present cultural experience for which some professor cannot be found somewhere to justify it. Reason has died.

We make a mistake in thinking that something is right or wrong because culture deems it such. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, culture may approve or disapprove, but if there is no overarching umbrella of truth beyond culture, our times may wreak havoc in the name of culture. Slavery is an example of this. People did not flinch at the barbaric practices that were tolerated for so long. The abuse of marriage is no less a crime against humanity.

The game is played not to protect the rules; rather, the rules are made to protect the game. That

Culture is critical in marriage because in a real sense, culture is the behavioral expression of one's values, appreciations, tastes, and relational style in both simple and serious matters of life. Add to this the dimensions of language and cultural memory, and you have worlds within worlds. In effect, culture provides the how and why of an individual's behavior.