Quotes about Values

When I am struggling and considering a compromise, I will force myself to think past this moment and ask myself, How will I feel about this choice tomorrow morning?

But at the heart of it all we must take our noses out of textbooks and delve into the Book to gain God's perspective of raising and educating a child. We must become more concerned with their souls than their brains. A child's smarts can help them go places in life, but the character reflected from their soul is what will determine whether or not they do anything significant once they get there.

We live in a day and time when our rights sometimes take precedence over our pursuit of righteousness, when we get caught in the rush of seeking self rather than seeking God.

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. (1 Peter 3:3—4)

This is human nature: to find a morality that is comfortable and convenient and let it suffice for holiness. But it is not.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any *%@$n' war or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

I was asked in an interview which was more important: money or love? I told the interviewer that if he had to ask the question, he wouldn't understand the answer.

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.