Values and Beliefs Quotes

My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it. I think faith and guidance can help fortify a young woman's sense of self, a young man's sense of responsibility, and a sense of reverence all young people for the act of sexual intimacy.

The child becomes largely what it is taught; hence we must watch what we teach it, and how we live before it.

I think children learn through their parents.

I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.

In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.

Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.

My personal life is a big part of who my character is.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

At some point in your life, you need to sit down and say, 'What do I want to do? How do I want to be remembered? What's my legacy? And what's important to me?'

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.

What I learned as a young child continues to have a tremendous impact on my life today.

The more we engage with others, the more we find people with whom we do not share the values and truths that we consider so fundamental. In virtual places, by contrast, we are able to select the precise individuals with whom we associate to ensure that we obtain the affirmation we require.

If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for.

We owe it to our children to be honest about the world and to provide them with material written specially for them.

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity's faith later.

When I read a good story, I often start thinking, 'Should I live my life according to what this character chooses and values?' It makes me think. I feel like I grew up to be a more mature person while thinking about character development in these fictional situations.

We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the aftermath of the death of God and of tragedy: that men will sacrifice their dearest love on the implacable altars of their pride.

Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition.

The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult.

Men's fundamental attitudes toward the world are fixed by the scope and qualities of the activities in which they partake.