Distinction Quotes

“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Do you know great minds enjoy excellence, average minds love mediocrity and small minds adore comfort zones?”
― Onyi Anyado

“When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Christ delves far beyond the means of superficiality, not simply because of his immaculate love, but also because he considers the distinct cases of each individual rather than withholding a broadened perception by use of stereotypes.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“When you walk in silence your excellence will always speak for you.”
― Onyi Anyado

“You need to choose your association according to your vision.”
― Onyi Anyado

“When you walk in distinction, even the photocopying machine can’t replicate your unique quality.”
― Onyi Anyado

“Yes, content is king but excellence is his queen. ~ Onyi Anyado.”
― Onyi Anyado

“I never realized that life could be as difficult for a beautiful woman as it is for a plain one,” he said.
“Life can be difficult for everyone,” she replied.
“Misery makes no distinction between prince and pauper.”
― Patricia Grasso, To Love a Princess

“The Japanese had no idea what elements of Western culture and institutions where the crucial ones, so they ended up copying everything, from western clothes and hair styles to the European practice of colonizing foreign people. Unfortunately, they took up empire-building at precisely the moment when the cost of imperialism began to exceed the benefits.”
― Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest

“Being bad is not good, but too sad.
And being good is not at all bad.
This simple equation,
It's the whole elation:
Keen eye for batik patterns and plaid!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“That Greiner house, now—a typical rung in the social ladder! The man who built it came from a MILIEU where all the dishes are put on the table at once. His facade is a complete architectural meal; if he had omitted a style his friends might have thought the money had given out. Not a bad purchase for Rosedale, though: attracts attention, and awes the Western sight-seer. By and bye he'll get out of that phase, and want something that the crowd will pass and the few pause before.”
― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth

“Don’t get disgusted and busted, with a troubled heart.
Face reality, some will be for and against you where you travel.
High or low, deep or shallow, wide of narrow.
Find the path best for your journey!”
― Joseph S. Spence Sr.

“If you look and express yourself like everybody else, then you will be treated and taken like everybody else; but If you distinguish yourself and act differently then you will be treat and taken differently—Boomerang Effect!”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.”
― Homer

“A man whose only value derived from his distinction from the norm. But I will have him cornered in due time.”
― Nick Oliveri, The Conjurer

“There is no distinction between authorized terrorism and an unauthorized one. The victims are innocent people.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“One can realize a reality that a majority enjoys the open markets, where one finds the cheapest, but low-quality materials, which no one bothers. Conversely, the specialty shops that decorate and sell expensive and quality materials; a few ones visit that since both factors logically depend on one's capacity and power of perches. Similarly, each field defines and holds such stage and level in the sense of competency, whether financial, qualification, vision or ability to approach the point. In this prospect; indeed, one experiences, in the literature of all forms and categories that, the mass of minds reads low and senseless writings; whereas, neglect and disdain the academic and visionary writing and subject. The distinction that describes and shows the natural human history, which never prevails upon pure skill and wisdom that becomes authentic, quotable and worthy quotation for all the times.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I love each one, with respect and without distinction; however, the beloved can only be one, not all and that's you.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“The distinction, between us, demonstrates that you acquire the knowledge from the books and study; conversely, I absorb the knowledge from the vision and experience of insight, not from the books.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Distinction
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As you were born
As my mother gave birth to me
You were nine months there
I was also nine months there
Both mothers had the same pain
And the process
Why then we are not the equal
Is it my fault?
Or it is God's mistake?
There is no anyone
To answer that human tragedy.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Stand against the action, not the person.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Most definitely, coordinate, corroborate, and graduate
With an eyeball to eyeball firm handshake of distinction!”
― Joseph S. Spence Sr.

“The temptation to fulfil all desires was, in the past, that of evil; temptation by the devil. Today it is good which presides over that fulfilment, but it is no longer the fulfilment of a desire or an impulse of our own. We no longer aspire to anything; we are aspirated, sucked up, by the void.

The logic of distinction is, ultimately, a precious vestige of the bygone time of signs and sign-value, the loss of which, though imperceptible in the equivalence of images, is even more serious than the loss of the real.
Prestige, challenge, rivalry, privileges - it was, at bottom, the golden age of symbolic violence, the only antidote to democratic erosion and the great game of equality of opportunity. It is doubtless as absurd to wish to eliminate that violence as any other.
Is it better to stop the haemorrhage and live in a state of perpetual transfusion?”
― Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories V: 2000 - 2004

“Prove value first; Prove value always.”
― Steve Multer, Nothing Gets Sold Until the Story Gets Told: Corporate Storytelling for Career Success and Value-Driven Marketing

“Forever Grateful
For a loving Mother

From cradle to the grave
You have been so brave
With many children to raise
You did well, with no haste

You took away our pain
And turned the rain
Into bright sunny days in many special ways
You made us find reasons to celebrate always

You shared wise words
Your wisdom carried us to new heights
Lifted off our shoulders the heavy weight
Made life so great

Our lives, you changed
Each one of us, you embraced
The school of parenthood, you aced
Your Motherhood distinction cannot be erased

You ran your race with grace
For us, you created a safe space
To us, you have a special place
That no one can ever take

Mother, we are forever grateful”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“Don't strive to be the best amongst many. Aim to be the only one in a league of your own. Because being the best might make you number one, but being the “only” makes you unforgettable.”
― Donna Karlin, A League of Your Own: Discovering Your Distinctive Advantage

“In the realm of mortality, death is the ultimate equalizer, rendering all earthly distinctions meaningless.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero