Values Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about values.

Ana María Matute

Ana María Matute

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One is from where one wants to be, and one belongs to whom one wants to belong... The same in reverse.

William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

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At times excess is stimulating. It prevents the deadly effect of a habit from being acquired through moderation.

Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

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Anything you want to say has only one word to express it, one verb to animate it, and one adjective to qualify it.

Molière

Molière

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Let's strive to live decently and let the murmurers say what they please.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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In reality, to live as a man means to choose a target - honor, glory, wealth, culture - and aim for it with all of one's conduct, for not ordering life towards a purpose is a sign of great foolishness.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The man who shows solicitude and courtesy towards a foreigner demonstrates that he is a citizen of the world.

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

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As I love freedom, I have noble and liberal feelings; and if I am often severe, it is only with those who seek to destroy us.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

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Human life is like a path whose exit is a horrifying precipice; we are warned about it from the first steps; but the decree has already been pronounced: it is necessary to always move forward without being able to retreat.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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That all life is a dream and dreams are just dreams.