Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Happy will the house be in which the relationships are formed from character.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

At the end of the day, I'm very convinced that you're going to be judged on how you are as a husband and as a father and not on how many bowl games we won.

Birth is nothing where virtue is not

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

My future is righteousness.

My father was very big on marriage.

I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.

If you look at Governor Romney's family, he's been very successful. He's built a great family, very committed to his wife.

If you want to know my character, look at the kids I've raised.

You can always tell a person's real character and personhood by those who closely surround him, especially if they're family.

Words don't define me. Actions, my faith, and the strength of my relationships and family do.

You have to find a man that's going to respect you. With my husband, I tell him all the time the fact that he grew up in a home with his mom and his dad and they were married until he was grown made him have certain values and certain respect for me.

Don't get involved with anyone who doesn't respect his mother.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.

I want the young people to pay attention because, see, back when I first met Barack, we started dating, he had everything going for him. All right, ladies, listen to this. This is what I want you to be looking for. Yes, he was handsome-still is. I think so. He was charming, talented, and oh-so smart, truly. But that is not why I married him. Now, see, I want the fellas to pay attention to this. You all listening? What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was his character. You hear me? It was his character. It was his decency, his honesty, his compassion and conviction.

The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.