Values Quotes

6303 Values quotes by 3429 unique authors

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds. — Kay Granger
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
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
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity… — E. M. Forster
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. — David Miliband
I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value. — Ela Bhatt
The biggest challenge is how to get people to wake up and realize this is a one-shot deal. If we fail, we are witting participants… — Nathan Lewis
We have the chance to build this new energy economy in ways that reflect our deepest values of inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity for everyone. — Van Jones
Being 'one flesh' in marriage means that the relationship is not the source of security, affirmation, control, or value. Those issues of identity need to… — Unknown Author
Desired substance, things, patterns, or sequences of experience that are in some sense "good" for the organism - items of diet, conditions of life, temperature,… — Gregory Bateson
We can all agree that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, all children should have the basic nutrition they need to learn and grow and… — Michelle Obama
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal absolute values and… — Ludwig von Mises
Value is not intrinsic, it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of… — Ludwig von Mises
Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense of… — Ludwig von Mises
What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at substituting… — Ludwig von Mises
I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best… — Joe Lieberman
The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as distinct a value… — Helen Hunt Jackson
The idea of the paranoid style as a force in politics would have little contemporary relevance or historical value if it were applied only to… — Richard Hofstadter

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