Top 200 Values Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.”

— Muhammad Ali

102. “It’s never too late to do the right thing.”

— Nicholas Sparks

103. “Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.”

— John C. Maxwell

104. “The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”

— Confucius

105. “A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.”

— Henry David Thoreau

106. “A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”

— Chanakya

107. “No matter what is the environment around you, it is always possible to maintain your brand of integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

108. “The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.”

— Swami Vivekananda

109. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

— Mother Teresa

110. “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”

— Confucius

111. “I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion – and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”

— Ram Dass

112. “The gift of truth excels all other gifts.”

— Buddha

113. “If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”

— Mother Teresa

114. “Integrity never goes out of style.”

— Jim George

115. “Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage.”

— Paulo Freire

116. “Fame is foolish, it is pointless, meaningless. Even if the whole world knows you, how does it make you richer? How does it make your life more blissful? How does it help you to be more understanding, to be more aware? To be more alert, to be more alive?”

— Osho

117. “Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness.”

— Swami Vivekananda

118. “In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.”

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

119. “Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.”

— Blaise Pascal

120. “In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”

— Warren Buffett

121. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.”

— Clint Eastwood

122. “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

123. “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

— Will Rogers

124. “The best things in life aren’t things.”

— John Ruskin

125. “Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and talents to help other people. Your journey in life teaches you how to do that.”

— Tom Krause

126. “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.”

— Goran Persson

127. “Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ”

— Will Rogers

128. “You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.”

— Stephen R. Covey

129. “We don’t have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.”

— Brené Brown

130. “Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.”

— Tony Robbins

131. “Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird.”

— Tony Robbins

132. “Whether you love God or you love a human being, if you love enough you will come into the presence of Love itself.”

— Rumi

133. “Don’t waste your time; it is too short, valuable, and irreplaceable.”

— Mike Murdock

134. “Integrity, the choice between what’s convenient and what’s right.”

— Tony Dungy

135. “A person becomes great not by sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. A crow does not become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building.”

— Chanakya

136. “Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”

— Cornel West

137. “Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others.”

— Les Brown

138. “Girls should never be afraid to be smart.”

— Emma Watson

139. “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.”

— Roy Disney

140. “Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.”

— Zig Ziglar

141. “Compassion is not a virtue – it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have – it’s something we choose to practice.”

— Brené Brown

142. “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

— John Wooden

143. “I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.”

— Les Brown

144. “Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.”

— John Wesley

145. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.””

— Eleanor Roosevelt

146. “Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.”

— Pope John Paul II

147. “The supreme quality for leadership is integrity.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

148. “What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

149. “An individualist is a man who says: ‘I will not run anyone’s life – nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule or be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone – nor sacrifice anyone to myself.’”

— Ayn Rand

150. “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

— Maya Angelou