Determine Which Values you Prefer

Top Values Tool

The following values inventory was created by Jason Merchey to determine which “Value Set” you most prefer (i.e., which are your “top values”).
A Value Set is a grouping of two or three values that in some way are similar (one is “Strength and Courage”, for example).
Spend 10-30 minutes reflecting on the examples of values you are presented.
Please check the number that describes your attraction to the following statements, with “1” meaning “absolutely none” and “10” meaning “an enthusiastic yes!”.
Your preferences will be ranked from highest to lowest by the computer.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. – George Washington (b. 1732) America’s first president
Two men look out through the same bars; one sees the mud and one the stars. – Frederick Langbridge (b. 1849) English poet and reverend
We all belong to one human family. – Irene, rescuer of Jews during World War II.
Know thyself – Socrates (b. 469, B.C.E.) Ancient Greek philosopher
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. – Bertrand Russell (b. 1872) English philosopher and agnostic.
Fear feeds on itself; so does confidence and self-reliance. Make your choice. – Leonard Leeman (b. 1938) American writer
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. – Harriet Tubman (b. 1819) American slave and abolitionist
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot (b. 1819) English writer
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin (b. 1903) French-American writerx
Great is truth, and it prevails. – III Esdras, 4:41
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452) Italian inventor and scientist.
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package. – John Ruskin (b. 1819) English artist and critic
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. – Harriet Woods
He who commits wrong must suffer wrong. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (b. 1803) American writer and pioneer of personal growth
He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. – Persian proverb
My reality is my reality. I’m not going to deny it. I’m not going to deny it at all. I stand in front of people. Behold my reality. – Carlos Santana (b. 1947) Mexican-American guitarist.
Learn to say no. It will be more use to you than to able to read Latin. – Charles Spurgeon (b. 1834) English preacher and writer
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? – Friedrich Nietzsche (b. 1844) German philosopher
Why were the adults who faced World War II the “greatest generation?” Not because they were made of different stuff than we are, but because they faced a time of trouble that evoked the ancient strengths within. – Martin E. P. Seligman, Psychologist and pioneer of “positive psychology”
Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed. – W. C. Bennett (b. 1867)

 

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