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A definition of VALUES
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a strongly held belief about what is valuable, important, or acceptable — usually plural
Mahatma Gandhi
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“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”
John C. Maxwell
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“When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.”
Ayn Rand
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“Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.”
William Shakespeare
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“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
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Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.
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John C. Maxwell
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“Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.”
Ralph Marston
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“Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you’ll have much to live for.”
Jacques Fresco
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Perhaps the most significant thing a person can know about himself is to understand his own system of values. Almost everything we do is a reflection of our own personal value system. What do we mean by values? Our values are what we want out of life.
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Living with integrity means… behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.”
Hyrum W Smith
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“The secret to achieving inner peace lies in understanding our inner core values.”
Buddha
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“The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much we contribute to others in our society.”
Anonymous
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“Ask yourself what is really important and then have the courage to build your life around the answer.”