Beatrix of the Netherlands Quotes

I think we should all have a responsibility not to affect other people in a negative way.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

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

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

I'm incredibly articulate, thoughtful and moral, and I think about what I do. I want to be known for doing something good.

I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

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.

Therefore the great mediator of any community is human morality.

I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.

Civilization depends on morality.

It's just as important to be a good human being as it is to be a good actor.

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

We all have the duty to do good.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

I think regardless of what your religion is or what you believe, you try to treat people in a positive way, and that's all you can do in life.

I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I behave for other people.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person.

I don't have heroes, exactly, but I do have people I hold in high respect. Ronald Reagan, for example, stood for ideals that I value: integrity, patriotism and a fundamental belief in goodness and capabilities of mankind.

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

I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities.