Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness.

As gatekeepers decline, status signals shift from approval-based to performance-based.

A man should never be judged by his skill, talent, colour, financial or political status, facial beauty and level of education but by the quality of his character.

Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offensive – learn the vulnerabilities of the world around you and be the change you wish to see...

Kindness is an extraordinary moment and status even if it has to be pretending.

If we get our very identity, our sense of worth, from our political position, then politics is not really about, it is about US. Through our cause we are getting a self, our worth. That...

The bicycle is a former child’s toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.

The poor will provide you what they don’t have and what you need while the rich will give you what they have and what you want.

Far from rejecting outright any hierarchy of success or failure, philosophy instead reconfigures the judging process, lending legitimacy to theidea that themainstream value system may unfairly consign some people to disgrace and others to respectability.

There are no veterans, only survivors.

It’s true what they say, that words are the true weapons. Those who fight with steel are limited to the strength of their arm, the reach of their blade, and the timing of their strike;...

Mohammad never assigned himself a status more than a common man and a messenger of God. People had faith in him when he was surrounded by poverty and adversity and trusted him while he was...

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called ‘helping’ them.

…status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where “ordinary” life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

Passion is that drive, that self-confidence, that enthusiasm that makes one to resist every obstacle that attempts to stop him from attaining his ultimate status in life and guides him to keep trying till the...

Revolutionary moments often seem to occur in history when large numbers of individuals have a change in consciousness, regarding themselves and their status

If you refuse to accept what is, and choose to see what could be, then you set a course for yourself that makes others take notice of you, respect you, revere you. It is then...

There’s nothing wrong with accumulating wealth, receiving recognition for your efforts, and having some power and status–what’s wrong is when you think that’s who you are.

I’ve always felt Lex Luthor is intensely threatened by any status or distinction he can’t buy, hence the antipathy to Superman’s powers and Bruce Wayne’s status as old money. Money is Luthor’s superpower, and anything...

I was disinclined to have the status of a writer.

It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception...

Never look down on someone because God himself does not do so. No matter what defines the status, nationality or gender of a person, once God’s spirit is in him/her, he or she becomes a...

Status is a funny thing. Money gets you stuff, at least. Status doesn’t get you much except the knowledge that you have it. And while money may not make you happy, it is easy to...

Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

We are all dust passing through the air, the difference is, some are flying high in the sky, while others are flying low. But eventually, we all settle on the same ground.

Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because...

Do not judge a man by where he stands, but how he reached there.

We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high...

A remarkable thing about the Silicon Valley culture is that its status structure is so based on technical accomplishment and prowess.

The world put’s too much emphasis on what a person does in terms of monetary value and social status as opposed to who they are. If I was to ask you if you would be...

The strong will always rule the weak.

Sir, — Whether women are the equals of men has been endlessly debated; whether they have souls has been a moot point; but can it be too much to ask [for a definitive acknowledgement that...

I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.

He offered her power, money, status…a giant prison, all in exchange for only…her soul.

Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.....

These… things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in...

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions.

Central to Möser’s view of the human world was “honor,” a notion that was as important to corporatist society as the notion of dignity would be for the more individualistic society that succeeded it. In...

Another Definition For Facebook – A place where people can share their feelings and others can like it even if it’s a sad feeling or a happy one.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

For me, and for many other people with disabilities, our status as disabled people is one of which we are fiercely proud.

The essence of the charge made against the modern high-status ideal is that it is guilty of effecting a gigantic distortion of priorities, of elevating to the highest level of achievement a process of material...

Money can’t buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.

The usefulness or otherwise of wealth, status and power to a possessor depends only on a single factor: the nature and strength of his reason.

What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others – status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present...

The rationale that etiquette should be eschewed because it fosters inequality does not ring true in a society that openly admits to a feverish interest in the comparative status-conveying qualities of sneakers. Manners are available...