Top 1200 Standards And Values Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.

You must have anger, as rightful wrath is what makes you create your own ethical standards.

Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the PURPOSES to be achieved. Revolution is the negation of the existing, a violent protest against man's inhumanity to man with all the thousand and one slaveries it involves. It is the destroyer of dominant values upon which a complex system of injustice, oppression, and wrong has been built up by ignorance and brutality. It is the herald of NEW VALUES, ushering in a transformation of the basic relations of man to man, and of man to society.

I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was.

Trade agreements influence the standards, protections and regulations that shape the kind of society we live in.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

Washington has a tendency to hold other powers to standards that it routinely flaunts - plain and simple.

President Trump's critics call him an immoral lout. By strict moral standards, so are we all.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

I dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.

The most difficult thing is to make sure the standards remain high in each restaurant.

If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.

Now the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has.

I think the problem is these basic sort of human values from our - from the beginning, from birth, are not sort of properly nurtured. So then our mind, our brain, through education and also difference of experiences, that eventually, these basic values or what are called dominant, not have the catching up our intelligence, experience growth, that also should grow. Then our life become more human.

The flagrant disregard in the courtroom of elementary standards of proper conduct should not and cannot be tolerated.

We have federal standards for everything in America except the one thing you need most - your health.

I would never join a country club with standards so low as to allow me as a member.

Water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. What if someone says, “Well, that’s not how I choose to think about water.”? All we can do is appeal to scientific values. And if he doesn’t share those values, the conversation is over. If someone doesn’t value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?

KPMG is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, , and quality, and we are dedicated to the capital markets we serve.

Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.

In sports, you get disqualified if you violate the rules, but in Ukrainian politics, no standards are at work.

I set myself high standards, and when I drop below them, I'm not happy about it.

The prison system in Norway is fairly civilized, by world standards, and so are the prisoners and the guards.

I can't speak highly enough of Petr Cech. He's set the standards of what it is to be a proper man and a gentleman.

If you were to ask me whether you need a dictatorship to run India, No, you do not. Whether you need a powerful person who believes in concentrating power, No, you do not. If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.

The American tradition of foreign policy exceptionalism, our grand strategy as a nation, reaches back much further. Really at the turn - the end of the 19th century, when we achieved power a generation after the Civil War, the outlines of an American vision came into focus, and what we - it was based on two things. One, our realization that our values and our interests were the same, and that our business interests would advance as our values advanced in the world.

Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become my values. Keep my values positive. Values become my destiny.

there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike.' - Morrie Schwartz

Some husbands regard it as their prerogative to compel their wives to fit their standards of what they think to be the ideal.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

My English isn't that good, maybe just 40 per cent fine by normal standards.

Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.

I'm pretty sure my expectations are higher than the average person's. It just sets standards.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.

Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption.

My parents taught me good standards, and I feel like I'm taking it to the boxing realm.

Stop bullshitting yourself. You're not satisfied. You lowered your standards and are settling for a lot less.

It is within the family that children learn the values that will guide them for the rest of their lives. It is within the family that they form their earliest relationships, learn to communicate with others and interact with the world around them. It is within the family that the notion of human rights becomes a reality lived on a daily basis. If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.

Standards are declining left and right, and it doesn't matter. It's whatever is necessary to prop up Obama.

You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.

The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards

It’s amazing how life will organize around the standards you set for yourself.

I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

Barack Obama understands what Ronald Reagan learned, which is that people vote not on the basis of issues and policy details, but on the basis of something deeper, namely, what are your values? Are you authentic? Do you say what you believe? Do you communicate with us? And do we identify with you? You don't know what particular issues are going to come up in the future, so you have to depend on someone's values, and whether they are telling you the truth, and whether you can trust them in office. Obama's been running a campaign on that basis.

I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards.

Our duty was to declare God's standards to the world: no adultery, no fornication, no gays, no idolatry.

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar.

The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.

You are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them.

[It] would allow citizens to set their own standards for the permissible use of force.

Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things.

If we want to live healthy relationships, according to biblical standards, it is done in the fullness of the Spirit.

Never lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later.