Paul D. Boyer Quotes

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

Parents today are self-absorbed. They don't care what anyone thinks or even what their children think. There is less focus on discipline, integrity, boundaries, fairness, honesty and spirituality.

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

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

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

From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

Become a good all-around human being.

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

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

I know the books that I need to help me to be wiser than my years and be kinder and more compassionate and more patient than I really am.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

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

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing.

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.

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

I admire people who just do the right thing, not looking to screw people up. I love all people.

To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters.

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.

I don't like men who treat women like arm candies. He should treat me like an equal or better. And then he should be a good human being. He should see the human side of things. I like men who stand up for what's right and who don't cheat.