Quotes About Distinction

It already appears, that there must be in every society of men superiors and inferiors, because God has laid in the constitution and course of nature the foundations of the distinction.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

You can separate the men from the boys and ballads.

Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

The care of the critic should be to distinguish error from inability, faults of inexperience from defects of nature.

As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.

The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace Price, but an espionage indictment from the US Department of Justice.

There is no gap as wide as the one between mediocrity and genius.

Philosophy must indeed recognize the possibility that the people rise to it, but must not lower itself to the people.

Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.

We need dualities or opposites to appreciate, understandand recognize value and distinction in our lives. If we did not have bitter, we could not appreciate sweet....

Glorify what is great not what is important.

To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference.

I say every dog looks like no otherbut that isn't true. Not entirely.Difference is slippery.

Excellent people are those, who choose to separate themselves from mediocrity.

Stretch yourself a bit to know the difference between humans and heroes.

Although all things in excess bring harm, the greatest danger comes from excessive good fortune: it stirs the brain, invites the mind to entertain idle fancies, and shrouds in thick fog the distinction between falsehood and truth.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

The 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.

There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference.

Pour le Mérite

God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.