Best 1698 quotes in «values quotes» category

Once value-laden facts become acceptable, then things like "racist facts" become acceptable, too – and then it becomes acceptable to reject any factual statement not because it is false, but because it is "racist”. Thus, any Obama-esque "national conversation about race" becomes impossible.

One cannot trust a path, because the path is different for each person who takes it. One can only trust a person to choose the path that best represents their values and experiences.

One does not ask about one's true identity simply as a matter of course, but only in rather special circumstances. What this means, I believe, is that "who I really am" becomes an issue for me only when my system of values "breaks down," that is, only when I realize that the values according to which I have lived until now are insufficient to inform a life that I can recognize as satisfying. This realization can occur in variety of circumstances: when my beliefs about myself or the world undergo significant change; when I find that two of my values conflict in a fundamental way; or when, as in the present example, the relations among my previous commitments are insufficiently determinate to tell me what to do in the particular situation I face.

One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you value most.

One of the greatest responsibilities of an organization’s leadership is to communicate with unwavering clarity the values on which the organization has been built.

One of the reasons that may force you walk away from great opportunities is when your values are keep violated...

One of the recent arguments from design, that based on the so-called fine-tuning life of some fundamental physical constants, founders on the following objections: an extremely small prior probability merited by the God of theism in light – if that is the right word – of the Problem of Evil; the fact that it is not unreasonable to place a substantial probability on the hypothesis that a future theory will fix those values; and the sheer incoherence of computations of the ‘chances’ of fine-tuning were there no fine-tuner.

Only after you have become the owner of your life can you begin to effectively convert, maximize and invest your time

Only a prostitute will trade her valuables for money, so you shouldn't sell your God given ideas and talents for money, because you don't own it in any way but should be by a divine authority.

Only by digging deep down to the core of our true self can we come to a place of inner certainty. Our underlying values and priorities are our personal navigational stars on life's journey—essential tools to chart a life course that embraces what matters most to us.

Only people who believe in themselves are able to do exploits

Only once you believe that success is possible,then success becomes possible

Only people who are living a purposeful or focused life can talk about converting their time into concrete products or value chains

Only wisdom knows the value of seconds

Only wisdom knows the value of minutes

Only you can succeed in converting your values into product can you win the battle against time

On the road to success there are determination, real hard work, perseverance and challenges to tackle.

Open your eyes to new opportunities

Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what they had been hired for: but my orations never seemed to increase their output. I realised later that, in the East, a commitment to produce does not automatically accompany employment.

Our ability to convert time determines how great we will become

Our ability to choose is sacred. It’s what makes humans special.

Our attitude to others dictate God’s attitude to us

Our challenge as adults is to develop a strong voice that is uniquely our own, a voice that reflects our deepest values and convictions. Once we are comfortable within that voice, we can bring it to our most important relationships. We can choose to move to the center of a difficult conversation--or we can let it go. We can speak--or decide not to. Whatever we choose, we can head back to the sandbox with clarity, wisdom, and intention. By doing so, we can strengthen the self and our connections, and have the best chance of achieving happiness during our time with each other.

Our attitude to others dictates God’s attitude to us

Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature

Our calling is in our uniqueness

Our children will value our advice based on the example we’ve set, and the perseverance we’ve shown.

Our fight was not for ownership of a fertile piece of land. It was about defending the sanctity of ethics and fairness and dignity --- about defending humanity. Those are the values worth fighting for. If we forsake those very values in war, we become the very thing we are fighting against. We become them. Then what do we have left to fight for?

Our daily endeavours and activities should be about or around these value systems. They reflect love. They reflect care. They reflect kindness. They are qualities of heaven.

Our individualism has always been bound by a set of communal values, the glue upon which every healthy society depends.

Our fellowship is with God and His people

Our fellowship is with God when we have mutual fellowship with one another

Our fellowship with God cannot be established when we don’t recognize His people

Our fellowship with people brings us closer to the Kingdom

Our life is an odd mixture of different moments of action and inaction, work and rest.

our value/belief system acts as a conditioning factor for our thinking pattern.

Our values are like words of a language that would make no sense to a person who does not know that language, but looks perfectly meaningful to the one who does.

Our values have led us where we are in life right now. We can't excel beyond the power behind our values that we have embraced...

Our target as believers is to live an effective life, not just a long one

Our world upholds one of these two values: (a) External values such as wealth property or (b) Internal values such as character

Our life mandate on earth is carrying out our purpose

Our most radical changes in perspective often happen at the tail end of our worst moments. It's only when we feel intense pain that we're willing to look at our values and question why they seem to be failing us. We need some sort of existential crisis to take an objective look at how we've been deriving meaning in our life, and then consider changing course. (p.154)

Our perceptions of reality are only a relationship to what is actually out there. Perceptions are influenced by context, by previous life experience, and by our tendency to seek out evidence to confirm our expectations. This drive to confirm, as argued by social physiologists, results in what is known as self fulfilling prophecy.

Our service as believers is not complete without fellowship with people

Our time is the life we have at the moment

Our value is mirrored back to us through success only when we share the treasure we already are.

Our values define who we're. Never met great persons who kept compromising their values. Let's go beyond lip service to defend our values...

Our values are as a result of the information you respond to on regular basis.

Out of difference can come the reinforcement of two important values. One is tolerance and the other is awareness that people who disagree over the things they hold dear really can live together in love and respect.

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