Carlene Carter 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 have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

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

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had.

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've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age... It's the qualities of their character.

When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.

There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

You just try to be nice to everybody and treat them all the same. Treat them how you would want to be treated.

Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for the symbols of faith and the patriotic beliefs of others; respect for law and order; respect for the property of others; respect for authority.

We look to our pastors and priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring principles upon which our society is built: honesty, charity, integrity and family.

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.

Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.

My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

I hope I will be remembered as a good father and a fair employer. And a good host, of course!

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

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

I have a treasure trove of Baker memories, all of which reinforce my sense of Howard Baker as one of the most decent people with whom I have worked. While I was simply a young staffer, he never treated me or my colleagues as anything else but equals.

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

My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.

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.