Richelle Mead Quotes

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.

Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?

If you want young people to take right and wrong seriously, you must put them in the presence of people who take right and wrong seriously.

I know I wouldn't be a New York Yankee if it wasn't for my mom: the guidance she gave me as a kid growing up, knowing the difference from right and wrong, how to treat people and how to go the extra mile and put in extra work, all that kind of stuff.

The pulpit only "teaches" to be honest; the market-place "trains" to overreaching and fraud; and teaching has not a tithe of the efficiency of training. Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.

I was raised by my grandmother. She instilled everything into me. She taught me right from wrong from day one. I remembered everyday, being 4 or 5 years old, and walking to school, she would be like, Raise your right hand and stay on the right side of the street and make sure you do the right thing in school.

I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge.

People may talk about intellectual teaching, but what we principally want is the moral teaching.

The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.

Nowadays it seems that moral education is no longer considered necessary. Attention is wholly centered on intelligence, while the heart life is ignored.

We've got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.

Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.

Character isn't inherited.

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in other words, how to be our best selves.

Take care of your kid's character, and everything will follow after that. Character is everything

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about taking on reclamation projects regardless of the talent they may possess. Have the courage to make character count among the qualities you seek in others.

Let your conscience be your guide.

Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education?

Live with honor and follow your conscience.

Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup.

Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core.

It's time to teach our daughters that their ability to be good people depends on their being good people, not on whether or not they're sexually active.