The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the
highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the
highest standards in every phase of life.
View quotes by John GardnerThe love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the
highest excellence, sanctioned by the
highest authority, that of time.
View quotes by William HazlittOn supermodels: I don't let those women anywhere with me. I'm very selfish, and I hold myself in the
highest regard.
View quotes by Lara Flynn BoyleHappiness is the
highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it...
View quotes by AristotleFor the eye to have been formed by natural selection, seems absurd in the
highest degree.
View quotes by Charles DarwinImagination is the
highest kite one can fly.
View quotes by Lauren BacallA woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? From the beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her
highest concern is mere appearance and beauty
View quotes by Friedrich NietzscheFew men have virtue to withstand the
highest bidder
View quotes by George WashingtonWe have the
highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.
View quotes by F E Smith (first Earl Of Birkenhead)I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the
highest respect for the law.
View quotes by Martin Luther King JrLiberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the
highest political end.
View quotes by Lord ActonIf you aspire to the
highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
View quotes by CiceroIn men of the
highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
View quotes by CiceroTo listen closely and reply well is the
highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
View quotes by Duc De La RochefoucauldThe
highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.
View quotes by John RuskinThe greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the
highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
View quotes by Joseph AddisonFar away there in the sunshine are my
highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
View quotes by Louisa May AlcottAbove all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the
highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.
View quotes by Kofi AnnanHappiness is the reward we get for living to the
highest right we know.
View quotes by Richard BachThe awareness of the ambiguity of one's
highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.
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