Standards Quotes

I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

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.

Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards to which we hold ourselves and others.

There are no "standards of Right". Ethics is balderdash. Each Star must go on its own orbit. To hell with "moral principle"; there is no such thing.

We make no apologies for setting high standards.

There can be no causeless love or any sort of causeless emotion. An emotion is a response to a fact of reality, an estimate dictated by your standards.

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.

Welbeck is not the standard required at Manchester United.

If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.

To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.

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

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

The rotten apple spoils his companion.

We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible.

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

A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.

People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

There is only one standard - a global standard. Be consistent, operate at 100% every single time you're given an opportunity.

The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla.

Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans.

You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions.

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Don't let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.

I do think the standards of the media have dropped to an all-time low in terms of credibility.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.

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

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

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.

They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.

We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.

There's people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. People are being given paid leave for killing people. That's not right. That's not right by anyone's standards.

A non-standard dialect is as valid communication system as the standard

In my life as an architect, I found that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of standards that are too low.

It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.

Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.