High Standards Quotes
High Standards Quote of the day
I don't have expectations with people, but I have very high standards for myself. The only time I get disappointed in life is when I disappoint myself.
The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.
As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.
Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.
A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.
Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."
We have a high standard of living. ... In Norway, we've tripled our income since 1970. In the rest of western Europe, income has merely doubled.
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself.
I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.
I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season.
Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game.
Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.
In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.
God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.
45 years is a long time to do anything, let alone for a rock band to play together. I'm proud of what we've accomplished and proud that we've kept the high standards.
We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence.
I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted.
We have these impossibly high standards and we'll probably never live up to our perfect fantasies of our future selves. But I feel like that's okay.
You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.
Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.
I couldn't say a specific thing, but the media is not really held to high standards anymore.
I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.
As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.
Any policy is a success by sufficiently low standards and a failure by sufficiently high standards.
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.
For man to go from less than 1% haves to 40%, living at high standard - despite decreasing resources - cannot be explained by anything other than by doing more than less.
Maybe the standards should be higher to be an officer. People will say there area high standards, but clearly they're not high enough.
Musical integrity means a lot to me, personally for myself, I don't really care if other people can't even sing or whatever. For myself I have high standards.
As retail goes through a fundamental shift into the digital world, I believe Ocado's model and the high standards of customer service it provides will see it emerge as a powerful online player.
As you live high standards publicly and privately, and even under great pressure adhere to them, you raise the vision of others.
And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical skill.
Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living.
Golf is a game of integrity. And golf is a game of forgiveness. I think the high standards of golf remind people of how lucky they are, or how fortunate they are, to be able to play the game.
