Quotes about Standard

the only thing above average is the cow-to-human ratio.

Why does God call people to be artists? Because he is an Artist, and we are made in his image. When we first meet the God of the Bible, he is busy making things and calling them good. Thus it is only natural for him to take some of the people that he has made, call them to be artists, and hold them to an aesthetic standard.

Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.

What do you do when you are misunderstood? Elijah impressively set a standard for how one should respond when

When will we learn that God doesn't give us greater wealth to increase our standard of living, but to increase our standard of giving?

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving.

They imagined that with a rightly honored commodity they could "purchase" security in a world that seemed devoid of the creator. "Godmaking" amid anxiety is a standard human procedure! But

In every age, art holds up to us the standard pattern of exemplary conduct, and real life does its best to conform.

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

Only men to whom the family is sacred will ever have a standard or a status by which to criticize the State. They alone can appeal to something more holy than the gods of the city.

We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.

The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness.