Standards Quotes

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Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing… — Pope Leo I
The whole meaning of morality is a rule that we ought to obey whether we like it or not. If so, then the idea of… — J. Budziszewski
My mother told me, you don't have to put anything in your mouth you don't want to. Then she made me eat broccoli, which felt… — Sarah Millican
Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of my majesty; my… — Hatshepsut
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in… — Price Pritchett
But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the "M" disease.… — Price Pritchett
Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide. The… — Price Pritchett
We do not seek the unanimity that comes to those who water down all issues to the lowest common denominator - or to those who… — John F. Kennedy
Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our… — John F. Kennedy
It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan… — Herbert Hoover
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. — Alexander Hamilton
The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the opposition of major… — Byron Dorgan
The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations -… — Carl Sagan
Not for a million - years. I mean, I like the INXS boys, but I found the process very degrading, really. Reality television has eaten… — Brian May
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter. — John F. Kennedy
Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening… — James Q. Wilson
Even in the business of corporations honesty is the best policy, and the companies that have acted in accordance with the highest standard, other things… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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