Distinction Quotes

677 Distinction quotes by 540 unique authors

It seems to me that to take a book of mine into his hands is one of the rarest distinctions that anyone can confer upon… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in… — Vince Lombardi
...perhaps the hopes I have confessed to are of an illusory nature, too. But I hold fast to one distinction. Apart from the fact that… — Sigmund Freud
A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case,… — Thomas Reid
There should be no distinction between what we write down, and what we really know. — Allen Ginsberg
First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing… — Branch Rickey
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought. — Stendhal
Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to… — Hudson Stuck
I could not for my soul distinguish ever the distinction between "religious anger" and "commonplace anger", "religious killing" and "commonplace killing", "religious slandering and irreligious",… — Swami Vivekananda
Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first? — Elisabeth Elliot
Congressman is the trivialist distinction for a full grown man. — Mark Twain
Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and it would be a real democracy. But the introduction of even a rag of tiger skin, or a… — Mark Twain
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the position of women… — William J. Brennan
SCRAP-BOOK, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read… — Ambrose Bierce
I make no distinction between poetry and painting. — Joan Miro
I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting. — Henri Matisse
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts… — Ambrose
'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your God' (Jn. 20:!7).… — Gregory Palamas
Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexxed by war,… — Stephen Vincent Benet
Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We… — Desmond Tutu
Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction. — Michelle Obama
He who can make distinction in God without number or quantity, knows that the three persons of the Trinity are one God. — Meister Eckhart
I mean ... to let you know how deeply I am impressed with a sense of the importance of Amendments; that the good people may… — Samuel
Bahá'u'lláh is not the Intermediary between other Manifestations and God. Each has His own relation to the Primal Source. But in the sense that Bahá'u'lláh… — Shoghi Effendi
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction of barter: we… — Eric Hoffer

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