Best standards & accepting Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, would do such a thing?' It seems only theoretical albeit true that men who accept an objective rather than subjective moral standard are, in a general sense, more capable of making such sacrifices for the sake of peace.”

Men Mind Seems Values Order Turns Force Accepting Moral Sacrifice Willing He Man Capable Standards Sake Objectives Peace Of Mind Subjective Theoretical Opposing

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted.”

Accepting Standards Contribution Illegal Inappropriate High Standards Tainted

Author:Kevin Shelley

“That's the great danger of sectarian opinions, they always accept the formulas of past events as useful for the measurement of future events and they never are, if you have high standards of accuracy.”

Ifs Past Accepting Opinion Events Danger Standards Ideology Formulas Measurement Accuracy High Standards Past Events Future Events

Author:John Dos Passos

“There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.”

World Needs Accepting Standards

Author:Menachem Mendel Schneerson

“The problem is that we as a society simply accept these unrealistic standards: that you have to be thin to be perfect, to be beautiful, to be successful at work and to have a good relationship. And it is making us sick. This self-loathing is crippling women.”

Self Problem Beautiful Perfect Accepting Successful Standards Sick Being Successful Loathing Self Loathing Good Relationship

Author:Crystal Renn

“A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.”

World Christian Life Is Accepting Moral This World Standards Constant Christian Living Obedient Rebuke

Book:Billy Graham in Quotes

Source: Billy Graham in Quotes

“People are conditioned to believe that error is inevitable.... However, we do not accept the same standard when it comes to our personal life. If we did, we would resign ourselves to being shortchanged now and then when we cash our paychecks. We would expect hospital nurses to drop a certain percentage of all newborn babies. We would expect to go home to the wrong house periodically. As individuals we do not tolerate these things. Thus we have a double standard, one for ourselves, one for the company.”

“When we call something unfair or indecent or unconscionable or evil, when we speak of mercy and pity and compassion, those words have meaning, regardless of our particular faith or moral philosophy. They appeal to common standards we all are expected to understand and accept, standards without which we could not live any common life at all.”

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Book:Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

Source: Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

“Literary success of any enduring kind is made by refusing to do what publishers want, by refusing to write what the public wants, by refusing to accept any popular standard, by refusing to write anything to order.”

Want Writing Kind Made Order Accepting Standards Endure Publishers

Author:Lafcadio Hearn

“Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.”

Kids Accepting Teacher Lows Standards Pressure Unions Mediocrity Tactics Teachers Unions

Author:Jeb Bush

“You can take the best team and the worst team and line them up and you would find very little physical difference. You would find an emotional difference. The wining team has a dedication. It will have a core group of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.”

Littles Differences Lines Accepting Player Groups Team Worst Emotional Standards Defeat Core Dedication Veteran Best Team

Author:Merlin Olsen

“Talent - really, everyone agrees, it's multidimensional, and often overlooked in standard assessments. That's not hard for people to accept.”

People Hard Accepting Talent Standards Agree Assessment Overlooked

Author:L. Todd Rose

“In my experience everyone will have a different view of the right level of tax so governments need to provide clear guidance that conforms to a set of international standards that all governments accept.”

Needs Different Government Levels Views Accepting Clear Taxes Standards International Guidance Conform Different Views

Author:Mark Zuckerberg

“Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don't accept.”

Should Country States Use Term United Accepting United States Standards England Rebel Other Countries Syria Double Standard

Author:Bashar al-Assad

“When a church reaches up beyond its group and tries to enforce its standards upon a society that doesn't accept these standards, and perhaps for good reason, perhaps for bad reason, but anyway this is the problem we face in pluralistic society, that not necessarily every standard that every church tries to enforce upon the society is from the society's standpoint a good standard.”

Trying Reason Problem Faces Church Accepting Groups Standards Standpoint

Author:Reinhold Niebuhr

“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.”

Important Sometimes Helping Accepting Cutting Conditions Position Ambition Standards Posts Masculine Personal Success

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common.”

World Should Facts Common Accepting Youth Communication Standards Ideals Should Have Relation Transport

Author:Juliette Gordon Low

“I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.”

People Ifs Inspirational Ideas Interesting Accepting Fit Standards Size Refuse Life Is Short One Size Fits All

Author:Kanye West

“To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment.”

Men Accepting Judging Judgment Standards Sole Judge Me

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

Said Bigs Accepting Atheism Evolution Higher Standards Atheist Creator Proof Bangs Higher Standards

Author:Robert J. Sawyer

“If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviours and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.”

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Author:Tony Robbins

“Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what really changed my life eight years ago, I tell them that absolutely the most important thin was changing what I demanded of myself. I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.”

Source: Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial

“Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of schooling is learning, and the quality of learning experienced by all learners should be the standard against which performance is measured.”

Should Mean Quality Accepting Learning Keys Standards Performances Customers Core Primaries Premises Schooling Learners Learning Experience

Author:David Hood

“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”

“I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely tolerable working conditions because there are sufficient undocumented workers willing to accept those terms. If we care about low-income workers in this country, we need to create pressure to improve their economic condition by reducing the supply of unauthorized workers.”

“To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.”

Accepting Acceptance Higher Standards Gains Tasks Peers Admirable Accepting Yourself Higher Standards

Author:Wes Fesler

“The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.”

Inspirational Motivational Winning Sports Accepting Player Team Standards Commitment Defeat Core Nfl Motivational Sports Dedication Veteran Sports Psychology Winning Team

Author:Merlin Olsen

“Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.”

Age Accepting Modern Higher Morality Standards Ethics Aim Individualism

Book:The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly)

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly)

“Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate compartments can lead to internal conflict and exhausting tension....Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives. When we covenant to follow the Lord and obey His commandments, we accept His standards in every thought, action, and deed.”

“After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.”

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Author:Clementine Ford

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