Values Quotes
6303 quotes by 3553 authors
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There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance. And that moral…
— Howard Lyman
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result…
— Adam Clarke
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The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.
— Anais Nin
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Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.
— Robert Greene
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Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and…
— Robert Greene
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As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes,…
— Jim Doyle
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Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.
— C.S. Lewis
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Highly complementary airline alliances and mergers can bring important benefits to passengers by connecting networks, offering new services and generating efficiencies across the aviation value…
— Neelie Kroes
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I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.
— Nicolas Sarkozy
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I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.
— Nicolas Sarkozy
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If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling…
— Eleanor Holmes Norton
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On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment…
— Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly,…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort…
— Roman Jakobson
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With music, one's whole future life is brightened. This is such a treasure in life that it helps us over many troubles and difficulties. Music…
— Zoltan Kodaly
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It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.
— Kay Granger
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The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a…
— Athanasius of Alexandria
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What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values…
— Barack Obama
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