Petrus Paulus Vergerius Quotes

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?

I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

If children are expected to be honest, parents must be honest. If children are expected to be virtuous, parents must be virtuous. If you expect your children to be honorable, you must be honorable.

As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential.

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

Even though I'm young, I really try to do the right thing.

Basically, discipline, effort, patience and courage are hugely important core values for kids to grow up embracing.

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.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I refuse to lie to children.

My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

Responsibility educates.

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

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.

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.