Quotes about Standards

the Moral Law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us.

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

Set your standards high; namely, do the absolute best of which you are capable. Focus on running the race rather than winning it. Do those things necessary to bring forth your personal best and don't lose sleep worrying about the competition. Let the competition lose sleep worrying about you. Teach your organization to do the same.

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

God has high standard for art, and obviously he does not and cannot endorse the content of work that is pornographic or propagandistic, or that violates his character in some other way.

Why in God's name do you expect to be accepted everywhere? How is it the world couldn't get on with the holiest man that ever lived, and it can get on with you and me?

Be careful of those who allow microscopes to replace mirrors in their lives, holding you to standards you were never called to maintain.

God's careful instructions for building the tabernacle remind us that his perfection sets the standard for whatever we create in his name.

four fundamental principles for a Christian theology of the arts: (1) the artist's call and gift come from God; (2) God loves all kinds of art; (3) God maintains high standards for goodness, truth, and beauty; and (4) art is for the glory of God.

If I say, "You are wrong for judging people" then by my own standard I am wrong for judging you.

Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.