Distinction Quotes

A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify the man.

The object of presenting medals, stars, and ribbons is to give pride and pleasure to those who have deserved them. At the same time a distinction is something which everybody does not possess. If all have it it is of less value ... A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

The moral sense perhaps affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, however persistent.