{"quotes":[{"text":"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bias","class","discernment","disrespect","equality","geniune","human-being","person","rank","respect","righteous","status","stereotype","title"],"id":1767,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth.","author":"Alain de Botton","tags":["achievements","fame","folly","power","rank","ruins","society","wealth"],"id":7490,"author_id":"Alain+de+Botton"},{"text":"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["first","hero","heroes","heroism","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","philosophy","rank","ranking","ranks","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":42867,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Is there for honest Poverty  That hings his head, an' a' that;  The coward slave-we pass him by,  We dare be poor for a' that!  For a' that, an' a' that.  Our toils obscure an' a' that,  The rank is but the guinea's stamp,  The Man's the gowd for a' that.  What though on hamely fare we dine,  Wear hoddin grey, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;  A Man's a Man for a' that:  For a' that, and a' that,  Their tinsel show, an' a' that;  The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,  Is king o' men for a' that.  Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that;  Tho' hundreds worship at his word,  He's but a coof for a' that:  For a' that, an' a' that,  His ribband, star, an' a' that:  The man o' independent mind  He looks an' laughs at a' that.  A prince can mak a belted knight,  A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's abon his might, Gude faith, he maunna fa' that!  For a' that, an' a' that,  Their dignities an' a' that;  The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,  Are higher rank than a' that.  Then let us pray that come it may,  (As come it will for a' that,)  That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,  Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.  For a' that, an' a' that,  It's coming yet for a' that,  That Man to Man, the world o'er,  Shall brothers be for a' that.","author":"Robert Burns","tags":["brotherhood","honesty","poverty","rank","song"],"id":63807,"author_id":"Robert+Burns"},{"text":"Level, is spelled the same forward and backwards. Those on the upper level can always hit the bottom, and those on the bottom can always rank to the top. Envision your footprints up there already trailing, and your feet will soon follow suit.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["believe","believe-and-achieve","bottom","discourage","dream","envision","feet","footprint","goals","hard-work","level","pay-off","rank","top","upper","work-hard"],"id":107424,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.","author":"Jean de la Bruyere","tags":["man","seems","rank "],"id":143824,"author_id":"Jean+de+la+Bruyere"},{"text":"Without agreement on rank and a certain respect for authority there can be no great sensitivity to social rules, as anyone who has tried to teach simple house rules to a cat will agree.","author":"Frans de Waal","tags":["ity","hierarchy","rank"],"id":249411,"author_id":"Frans+de+Waal"},{"text":"Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.","author":"A.H. Septimius","tags":["rank","revolutionary","society","wisdom"],"id":262808,"author_id":"A.H.+Septimius"},{"text":"For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.","author":"Lloyd Alexander","tags":["honor","man","manhood","rank","striving","worthy"],"id":291041,"author_id":"Lloyd+Alexander"},{"text":"What is rank if not protection from the consequences which fall upon common men?","author":"A.H. Septimius","tags":["rank","society","wealth"],"id":350320,"author_id":"A.H.+Septimius"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}