Top 1200 Higher Standards Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Fully "biodegradable" structures are nowadays the ideal and the standards to which most, if not all structures, struggle to measure up.

The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards.

Love is the higher law.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

We yearn for frictionless, technological solutions. But people talking to people is still the way norms and standards change.

I have settled down in this border area; I am trying to find distinct standards of shape, and I long to experience, formulate, and evoke this dark, heavy, tranquillity.

It's very impossible to live by yesterday's standards and expect extraordinary results today. Live life with passion!

Swifter, higher, stronger.

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 .

The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards.

Man has been condemning women. Perhaps there is a reason; perhaps he was aware of some superiority in woman - the superiority of love. No logic can be higher than love, and no mind can be higher than the heart. But the mind can be very murderous; the mind can be very violent, and that's what the mind has done for centuries. Man has been beating women, repressing women, condemning women.

Music is my higher power

I don't think there really is much of a left in America, certainly by European standards even the left is quite right wing here.

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

There's got to be a higher power.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

It's not uncommon for a big free agent to come to a new club with a big contract and not perform up to his standards.

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.

The higher the truth, the simpler it is.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

I believe in a higher spirit.

What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at substituting new values and ideas for old ones.

There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism.

I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong.

What is great now is not even close to what Jimmy Hendrix was. We need to reevaluate the standards of what's [labeled] great music.

I'm higher than I expected.

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

The most valuable investment we can make is in our children's education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.

Classrooms cannot and should not be coerced into adopting federal academic standards. That's not just my belief; it's federal law.

I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

We must apply the same standards to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt that we apply to Iran, Russia and Syria.

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.

Do not judge others by your own standards, for everyone is making their way home, in the way they know best.

Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards.

I've learnt that what you need to do is have standards that are agreed nationally and then allow people locally to work out what they need.

The system is not intended as a substitute for private savings, pension plans, and insurance protection. It is, rather, intended as the foundation upon which these other forms of protection can be soundly built. Thus, the individual's own work, his planning and his thrift will bring him a higher standard of living upon his retirement, or his family a higher standard of living in the event of his death, than would otherwise be the case. Hence the system both encourages thrift and self-reliance, and helps to prevent destitution in our national life.

I don't have expectations with people, but I have very high standards for myself. The only time I get disappointed in life is when I disappoint myself.

I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.

Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and engaged citizens. Every year, we spend nearly $100 billion on corporate welfare, and more than $500 billion on defense spending. Surely ensuring the next generation can compete in the global economy is at least as important as subsidies for big business and military adventures around the globe. In fact, I think we can and must go further - not just making public higher education tuition-free, but reinventing education in America as we know it.

The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.

Mothers work outside the home for many reasons; one of them is almost always because their families need their income to live up to their standards for their children.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

Having played in both competitions over recent years I believe that although standards continue to rise in Super League, the NRL is a better competition.

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

We only get what we believe that we deserve. Raise the bar, raise your standards and you will receive a better outcome.

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.

The higher one climbs, the lonelier one is.

The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality.

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

I'm a firm believer in quality > quantity, and I think it's important to have high standards in any product creation product.

God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word.

All the education programmes provided by our foundations are in pursuit of a common vision to upgrade education standards and quality of life.

We are in a race between knowledge and catastrophe. If we keep track of what is important, never lower our standards or forget why we are here, we have the ability to determine the fate of the world.

There is no [...] higher than the truth.

A lot of these so-called left positions are actually centrist by the standards of the American people, just not by members of the American Congress.

I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.

I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed.