“Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In this wilderness cries the voice of Patrick White, Australian extraordinary, who has quite other, more austere and indeed prophetic ambitions. (...) (H)is failures are certainly the equivalent, and perhaps the measure, of other men's success.” MenVoiceWhiteNumbersNovelModernCryAmbitionStandardsExtraordinaryWildernessAustralianPropheticDo It YourselfSmall NumbersModern Novel Author:David Pryce-Jones
“Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress.” SelfWholeRememberEffortStepsProgressSacrificeHigherAmbitionStandardsMarkPainfulDenialLengthLaddersSelf-denialHigher Standards Book:Christ's Object Lessons - Illustrated Source: Christ's Object Lessons - Illustrated
“Sometimes you can accept an important post, on condition that it really puts you in a position to help women. Unfortunately, women who have important posts very often adopt masculine standards-power, ambition, personal success - and cut themselves off from other women.” ImportantSometimesHelpingAcceptingCuttingConditionsPositionAmbitionStandardsPostsMasculinePersonal Success Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of judgment. But amateur standards, the standards of love, are always straining upward toward the humble and the best. They enlarge the ground of judgment. The context of love is the world.” WorldLifeLove IsAmbitionJudgmentStandardsHumbleSelfishnessExpensesMediocrityOstentation Book:What Are People For?: Essays Source: What Are People For?: Essays
“We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest standards we can .” PeopleTryingProducePaperAmbitionHighestStandardsOptimisticPapersPublishRecruit Author:Conrad Black
“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom.” KnowsWellsDoeWarAmericaIndividualInterestLibertyColorAmbitionStandardsIndependenceAssumingEnvyLibertarianMonstersLibertarianismIntrigueAlliancesAvariceFreedom LibertyBannerIndividual LibertyEnlisting Author:John Quincy Adams
“Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family. Materialism, ambition and mundane achievements are the worldly hallmarks of success. We experience the phenomenal world and our minds as solid and truly existent. Very few people doubt these assertions and question their solidity. Yet, the process of disbelief is the first step on the spiritual path.” PeopleWorldMindFirstsRealitySpiritualValuesProcessStepsEnemyPathDoubtAchievementAmbitionStandardsOrdinaryAcceptedVersionsMaterialismCherishFirst StepsConformFamily And FriendsWorldlyOrdinary PeopleMundaneDisbeliefAssertionPhenomenalSpiritual PathHallmarkSolidity Author:Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
“The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.” PoliticalPartyGroupsAmbitionStandardsGoldPressureIndependentExcellenceDoctrineDefectsPolitical PartiesPurchasingGold StandardPurchasing PowerBuying GoldPressure Groups Book:Human Action Source: Human Action