Standards Quotes

2047 quotes by 1556 authors

It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet. — Thomas Sowell
In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. — John Maynard Keynes
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community — Ruth Benedict
A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one… — Erving Goffman
Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards. — Richard Sennett
Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity?Â In the faithÂ of the New Testament it is central.Â The love of God, the taking… — J I Packer
The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin. — J C Ryle
I think the voters believe that when you become president of the United States, you have a higher obligation and a higher standard than anybody… — Bob Dole
Lower your standards and relax as it is. — Pema Chodron
Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or… — Rudolf Virchow
I am by no means alone within the family or the company in being ashamed and sickened by Roger Ailesâ€™s horrendous and sustained disregard of… — Matthew Freud
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no… — Thabo Mbeki
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski
You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live… — Brian Tracy
Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard. — Ed Markey
The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention… — John Eliot
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. Â It has nothing to do with fixing things. Â It has nothing to do with… — Julia Cameron
I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity. — Stefan Molyneux
The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living,… — John L. Lewis
Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God. — R C Sproul

Who Wrote These Standards Quotes

1,556 authors contributed a total of 2,047 Standards Quotes, led by these top contributors: