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The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard, and mere...

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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior whereve...

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God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up...

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How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he ke...

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When you are asked to love everybody indiscriminately, that is to love people without any standard, ...

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...the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards...in order to appeal to the irrationalit...

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Ayn RandThe Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

It was one of the only times in my teaching career that I got angry and showed it in class. I was yo...

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A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the tradition...

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In other words, for purposes of sex discrimination law, to be a woman means either to be like a man ...

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While some consider God's standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freein...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.", Fe...

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Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience...

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A spirit of license makes a man refuse to commit himself to any standards. The right time is the way...

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Fulton J. SheenOn Being Human: Reflections on Life and Living

I cannot say enough of appreciation for your determination to live by the standards of the Church, t...

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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority...

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If someone isn't what others want them to be, the other become angry.

If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry.

...I realized that my father, of all these men, was the most obstinate, helplessly bonded to his bet...

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