Standards Quotes

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In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the ninety-nine were played… — T.E. Lawrence
A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you and then, if… — Anne Lamott
A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from… — Alexander Herzen
Find thoughts that feel good, because it is inevitable that you are going to always be moving toward something. So why not be moving toward… — Esther Hicks
It is an excellent circumstance that hospitality grows best where it is most needed. In the thick of men it dwindles and disappears, life fruit… — Hugh Miller
The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host… — Garry Shandling
Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind — Meshell Ndegeocello
The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you… — Esther Hicks
Make the wrong choices now and future generations will live with a changed climate, depleted resources and without the green space and biodiversity that contribute… — Tony Blair
If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go… — Simon Newcomb
Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards. — Martha Stewart
...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive role. We can… — Richard M. Nixon
No matter what someone else has done, it still matters how we treat people. It matters to our humanity that we treat offenders according to… — Judith Butler
Are these things good for any other reason except that they end in pleasure, and get rid of and avert pain? Are you looking to… — Plato
When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life. — C.S. Lewis
History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth,… — Toshihiko Fukui
I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was. — Jim Brown
In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on a feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to think… — James Gosling
By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is… — D. Todd Christofferson

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