Quotes about Standard
When we allow our faith to be defined by our feelings, we will be confused. Faith must have an objective standard by which it is defined—truth. In fact, when faith operates by an objective standard of truth, it will eventually dictate our emotions rather than the reverse.
— Tony Evans
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.
— Randy Alcorn
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).
— Randy Alcorn
When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.
— Mark Batterson
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."12
— Dale Carnegie
I believe it's long past time that we, as individuals and as a society, reestablished the standard that leadership can never be about the leader more than the led.
— Patrick Lencioni
When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.
— Mark Batterson
How do we know whether we are producing life or death? By whether our lives exhibit the beauty of God's character. When people see the way you live, are they drawn closer to God or are they alienated from God? When they observe the way you treat others, do they find the gospel more credible or less credible? That is the standard by which we should measure our actions. Christians are called to be "life-producing machines
— Nancy Pearcey
The Lord Himself is the one standard of conduct and character in the New Testament. People do not object to a man or a woman becoming outwardly holy, but they do object to his or her becoming a personal devotee of Jesus Christ.
— Oswald Chambers
If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain.
— Oswald Chambers
Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.
— Philip Graham Ryken
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
— Numbers 2:18