Quotes Tagged "standard"

Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself.

To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.

If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of inspiration. If the writers of the various parts of the bible had known as much about the sciences as is now known by every intelligent man, the book never could have been written. It was produced by ignorance, and has been believed and defended by its author. It has lost power in the proportion that man has gained knowledge. A few years ago, this book was appealed to in the settlement of all scientific questions; but now, even the clergy confess that in such matters, it has ceased to speak with the voice of authority. For the establishment of facts, the word of man is now considered far better than the word of God. In the world of science, Jehovah was superseded by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler. All that God told Moses, admitting the entire account to be true, is dust and ashes compared to the discoveries of Descartes, Laplace, and Humboldt. In matters of fact, the bible has ceased to be regarded as a standard. Science has succeeded in breaking the chains of theology. A few years ago, Science endeavored to show that it was not inconsistent with the bible. The tables have been turned, and now, Religion is endeavoring to prove that the bible is not inconsistent with Science. The standard has been changed.

A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.

Relationships: If you put up with it, you’re going to end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.

You are the point of origin for everything in your world: you set the standard for yourself.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. It is in this relationship that you set the standard for all others.

The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim.

A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.

Prior to the institutionalization of standard time, clocks were set using local meridians or local mean time, and they varied widely.

Having one national standard for mpg and CO2 is extremely important.

Our goal is to set the gold standard when it comes to compliance.

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.

There is no standard 'therapeutic process,' since there are so many different schools of therapy.

A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

I am the gold standard for liberal bile!

National Parks are the gold standard for conservation.

The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency.

Paul Ryan is the gold standard for conservatism.

I hold myself to a high standard.