“I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the country.” IfsNeedsHeartCountryAmericaValuesPoorStruggleRichFineMessagesPercentConcernedSafetyConservativeSafety NetConservative Values Author:Mitt Romney
“Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over the dignity of labor.” NeedsValuesGrowsClassVirtueRichExerciseLaborDignityImportanceIdleEloquentThriftHarps Author:Oscar Wilde
“We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values - looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous... It's the most superficial part of the American dream and who would know better than me? The only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another.” KnowsMenDreamValuesCompassionSuccessfulRichTreatsFellowsObsessedCashAmerican DreamJust BeingSuperficialLooking GoodFellow ManBeing Famous Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Civil rights for all Americans, black, white, red, yellow, the rich, poor, young, old, gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal or a conservative value. It's an American value that I would think that we pretty much all agree on.” ThinkingYoungValuesBlackWhitePoorRichRightsGayRedAgreeConservativeCivil RightsYellowBlack WhiteAmerican ValuesRich PoorConservative Values Author:Jerry Falwell
“The meekest of animals will fight bravely when it is backed against a wall, for it has nothing left to lose. A poor man is more deadly than a rich man because he puts less value on his own life.” MenValuesFightingLeftLosesAnimalPoorRichWallRich ManPoor Man Author:R. A. Salvatore
“AIDS respects no national boundaries; spares no race or religion; devastates men and women, rich and poor. No country can ignore this crisis. Fighting AIDS is an urgent calling - because every life, in every land, has value and dignity.” MenCountryValuesFightingPoorRaceRichLandCallingMen And WomenDignityCrisisAidsBoundariesSparesUrgentRich And Poor Author:Laura Bush
“One man in one mood will attack Industrial Capitalism for its destruction of beauty; another for its incompetence; another for the vileness of the men who chiefly prosper under it; another for its mere confusion and noise; another for its false values; it was until recently most fiercely attacked for its impoverishment of the workers, its margin of unemployment and the rest - indeed so fiercely that it was compelled to seek palliatives for the evil. With a mass of men it was attacked from a vague but strong sense of injustice; it allowed a few rich to exploit mankind.” MenValuesEvilPoliticsStrongEconomyRichMankindHe ManMassCapitalismDestructionMereWorkersInjusticeMoodNoiseConfusionLiberalismOne ManVagueUnemploymentCompelledExploitsMarginsIncompetence Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Sometime in the eighties, Americans had a new set of 'traditional values' installed. ... the poor and the middle class were shaken down, and their loose change funneled blithely upwards to the already overfed.” ValuesPoorClassRichMiddleDown AndTraditionalMiddle ClassEightyRich And PoorTraditional ValuesLoose Change Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“If it's achievement that you place your value in, you're never going to achieve enough. If it's power, you always need to wield power over others. If it's money, you'll never be rich enough. But if you do something and are a part of what is happening, then you're always in it and it's always enough.” IfsNeedsEnoughValuesRichAchieveAchievementHappeningsPower Over Others Author:Jason Segel
“In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden and they abandon their values.” PeopleLooksPastBeautifulValuesAsksHouseLaughingRichCarStyleGardenAbandonRich People Author:Nhat Hanh
“Don't spend all of your money a quarter at a time. Save up and buy something special, something fine, something of lasting value, or something that will give you rich memories for a lifetime. Remember, all that candy money can add up to a small fortune.” GivingMotivationalRememberValuesMemoriesWealthMoneyRichSpecialFineAddFortuneLifetimeSavingLastingQuartersCandySomething SpecialThriftFrugal Author:Jim Rohn
“The determination of the value of an item must not be based on its price, but rather on the utility it yields. The price of the item is dependent only on the thing itself and is equal for everyone; the utility, however, is dependent on the particular circumstances of the person making the estimate. Thus there is no doubt that a gain of one thousand ducats is more significant to a pauper than to a rich man though both gain the same amount.” MenPersonsValuesMoneyRichDoubtParticularAmountCircumstancesThousandEqualGainsDeterminationSignificantNo DoubtDependentYieldItemsUtilityRich Man Author:Daniel Bernoulli
“We commend a horse for his strength, and sureness of foot, and not for his rich caparisons; a greyhound for his share of heels, not for his fine collar; a hawk for her wing, not for her jesses and bells. Why, in like manner, do we not value a man for what is properly his own? He has a great train, a beautiful palace, so much credit, so many thousand pounds a year, and all these are about him, but not in him.” MenYearsBeautifulValuesRichFeetShareFineThousandHorseWingsTrainAppreciationCreditPoundsBellsHeelsPalacesCollarsHawksGreyhounds Author:Michel de Montaigne
“It is perverse that a nation so rich should neglect its children so shamefully. Our attitude toward them is cruelly ambivalent. Weare sentimental about children but in our actions do not value them. We say we love them but give them little honor.” GivingShouldChildrenLittlesActionValuesNationsAttitudeRichHonorNeglectSentimentalOur ActionsAmbivalent Author:Richard Stolley
“We have to end the capitalist system. We have to make love our value. You are rich when you love and you are rich when you are giving away your time and what you have to help other people.” PeopleGivingEndsHelpingValuesRichHelping OthersCapitalistMaking Love Author:Patch Adams
“Once you open that door to a values conversation, it's going to undercut a right-wing economic agenda, which values wealth over work and favors the rich over the poor, or resorts to war as the first resort and not the last.” FirstsWarLastsValuesWealthPoorRichDoorsEconomicConversationWingsFavorsAgendasResortsRight WingUndercut Author:Jim Wallis
“...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense - and that he was ignoring the will of the British people. Considering the hacks had spent Blair's first six years in office condemning him for relying on focus groups and opinion polls for his policies - in other words, paying attention to nothing but the will of the people, or at least their whims - that seemed a little rich to me, but as I said, logical consistency has never figured highly in the British media's scale of values.” PeopleYearsFirstsLittlesMadeSaidValuesAttentionOpinionRichFocusGroupsMediaPolicyOfficeSixPressesBritishScalesPay AttentionJournalistPhrasesLogicalConsideringConsistencyPollsWhimHacksBlairCondemningPoodlesOpinion PollsFocus Groups Author:Larry King
“The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have learned to recognize the value of their thoughts.” ValuesDifferencesPoorRich Author:Paul McKenna
“The key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on the fruits of your labor.” AbleValuesRichKeysCreatingLaborFruitBeing RichCreating SomethingKey To Happiness Author:Arthur C. Brooks
“Jesus announced a great reversal of values in His Sermon on the Mount, elevating not the rich or attractive, but rather the poor, the persecuted, and those who mourn.” ValuesJesusPoorRichAttractiveSermonsMournPersecutedElevatingReversalSermon On The Mount Author:Philip Yancey
“I hang out with people who are amazing parents and really value a rich living. I'm not talking about monetarily. I'm talking spiritually and mentally, and we help make sure that each one is on their game for their spouses.” PeopleHelpingValuesGamesParentTalkingRichHanging OutSpouseNot TalkingAmazing Parents Author:Tisha Campbell-Martin
“Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.” KnowsChildrenValuesRichOur ChildrenYour ChildrenEducate Author:Victor Hugo