#high standards

People mistake their limitations for high standards. ↗

— Jean Toomer

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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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rod's and Johnny's shoes are huge; I can't think about filling them. ↗

— Randy West

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If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the ability to compel people to observe high standards of conduct, then you run a greater risk. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

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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. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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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. ↗

— Jim Evans

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I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

#been #best #comfortable #done #downs

Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to. ↗

— Greg Anderson

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