Values Quotes
6303 quotes by 3553 authors
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Sargent, when he painted the size of life, placed his canvas on a level with the model, walked back until canvas and sitter were equal…
— William Rothenstein
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The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking in…
— Shane MacGowan
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I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have…
— Nikola Tesla
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The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in…
— Henry Ford
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If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life…
— Christopher Dawson
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It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not…
— Christopher Dawson
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The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
— Christopher Dawson
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Why precisely do we want to change land ownership? The answer seems to me to be quite clear: to inhibit land speculation, to inhibit the…
— E F Schumacher
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As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values…
— Pope Leo XIII
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I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.
— Marvin Harris
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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents,…
— Gregory Bateson
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On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world,
— Jack Welch
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Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.
— Jack Welch
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In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us…
— Stephen Covey
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Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
— Stephen Covey
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Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.
— Stephen Covey
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by…
— Stephen Covey
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While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences.
— Stephen Covey
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People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their…
— Marshall Goldsmith
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