There must be a priority of values in all our lives.
I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have really wanted to rebel. Up until that point, though, it didn't feel like doctrine, and it gave me a great moral structure.
The child … must not learn religion before he knows morality
Let's stand up. Let's speak with pride about our morals and our values and redouble our effort to elect more conservative Republicans.
Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.
A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are.
'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.
Dad says do whatever your heart says is right, and I am following this in my career. I feel lucky that he is my dad.
I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.
If you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer?
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
If somebody can create an absolute system of beliefs and rules of conduct that will guide a business man at eleven o'clock in the morning, a boy trying to select a career, a woman in an unhappy love affair--well then, surely no pragmatist will object. He insists only that philosophy shall come down to earth and be tried out there.
It's important to understand your ownership pattern because it is an expression of the values that guide your life. The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
The morality we all grew up with and are accustomed to is what feels right.
