1,638 Quotes About Values

Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.

There is no intrinsic value in possessing most wealth, it is only powerful based on what you do with it to better the world. Lacking that it is largely just a paper weight or tinder.

Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don't have morals, ethics,humanity and manners, because their parents neglected them. We now live in a society that doesnt care about right or wrong.

I’ve always heard that being disgustingly wealthy makes you miserable. I’d like to give it a try, I think. - Lavonia Jackson

Between all the things you stand for and all the things you would fall for; lies the essence of your true self.

Leaping is as beautiful as crawling: don’t compare yourself; develop your own values. Change your world or change worlds.

It’s not utopian to demand that in a world with this kind of technology, that as a moral demand, a society feed, clothe and house its people. A society that doesn’t do it, with the kind of technology and the wealth we have is beneath contempt and makes a mockery of all the previous history of civilization.

I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.