Standards Quotes

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

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

This person has just arrived on this planet, knows nothing about it, has no standards by which to judge it. This person does not care what it becomes. It is eager to become absolutely anything it is supposed to be.

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.

The world is a palace without bedsheets

I am so much happier when I am doing the things that make me me, and that's living by my standards and doing the things I love, using my talents, however random they are, to share with other people. That's what makes me happy.

Be a peacemaker but never at the expense of your character or God’s standards.

The unconditional love that God gives us when we are in relationship with him frees us and sustains us; we no longer feel the need to prove ourselves according to worldly standards, we are fine just the way we are.

People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them?

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

The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again.

A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.

The moment I realised that my history was an excuse for nothing, was the moment I was freed from my history. The great danger of history is that we use it as an excuse and remain trapped in it. I cannot blame my history for anything, and therefore I have to have high standards for myself.

When you are asked to love everybody indiscriminately, that is to love people without any standard, to love them regardless of whether they have any value or virtue, you are asked to love nobody.

My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals...

Don't let yourself stagnate or reach a plateau. Keep learning, keep improving. Be open to change. Your ability to constantly raise the bar higher and set standards will help you evolve and take you to the next level.

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

The biggest insult to any parent is a child that lives up to society standards and not his or her full potential.

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?