Elisabeth Shue Quotes

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?

You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.

I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and sense of responsibility with or without religion.

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.

We are not passing values on to our children. We are not sitting down at the dinner table talking about the tiny things that add up to caring human beings.

I like having fun, but the most important thing is to be as good a person as you can be.

My parents did an excellent job of bringing me up with values.

That's a really important legacy for me: to work hard and be kind to other human beings.

What Lisa and I want is for our kids to grow up to be good people.

We were raised with real values about the importance of work and respect for the people.

I think our family motto is to always work hard, be humble, kind, and thoughtful about others around us.

I'm just going to be as honest as I can with my children and really try to build their character to be as strong as ours is.

My dad brought me up to be a good person.

My dad never took himself too seriously. He always treated everyone with respect, and he made sure I was like that, too. I show up, I hit my mark, and I say my lines.

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

There are things I want to do to be a better human being and a better father.

Cape Verde produces good people.

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.