1,638 Quotes About Values

Never judge a book by its price.

Don't be the holder of the pen that writes people off

The girl arrived; I thought her handsome; and as I doubted not that you would be mortified by my absence, I did most sincerely hope that she would be able to dissipate something of your ennui: for it is the fidelity of the heart alone that I value.

Loyalty, respect for authority and some degree of sanctification create a more binding social order that places some limits on individualism and egoism.

Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance.

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

I don’t follow the “respect is earned” philosophy. I respect everybody automatically and then each person has the opportunity to lose my respect based on their behavior.

Life teaches us two important things - we are careless when we are young and by the time we get old, it is too late to be careful!!

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."[Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 26, 1962]