#values

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#ask #cubs #days #got #i

You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#being #course #doing #either #fact

He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#life #philosophy #sacrifice #truth #values

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#falsification #honesty #integrity #lies #oxford

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#falsification #honesty #integrity #lies #scholars

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#culture #family #home #leadership #values

I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#better #did #each #getting #getting better

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased. ↗

— Ma Jian

#erased #history #moral #moral values #people

Our culture, language, history, and values are vital to uniting us as a nation. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#history #language #nation #our #uniting

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#believe #budgets #everyone #excel #god-given