Quotes about Values

Three central values in life—the experiential, or that which happens to us; the creative, or that which we bring into existence; and the attitudinal, or our response in difficult circumstances.

You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart.

Consider: What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?

Quality begins with me. And I need to make my own decisions based on carefully selected principles and values.

I have come to believe that humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves to principles. Pride says that we are in control, and since our values govern our behavior, we can simply do life our way. We may do so but the consequences of our behavior flow from principles not our values. Therefore we should value principles.

A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Make decisions based on our values and not how we felt in the moment.

Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.

That leadership is primarily a function of who you are, for this is the foundation for everything you do. How do you build leaders? You first build character.

Universal principles or natural laws, such as responsibility, integrity, abundance and renewal

There's no way to go for a Win in our own lives if we don't even know, in a deep sense, what constitutes a Win—what is, in fact, harmonious with our innermost values.

it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.