“ It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that hold the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others. ”
- Orison S. Marden- Copy
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“ Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what makes you go beyond the norm. ”
- Cicely Tyson- Copy
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“ Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who are poles apart and never meet. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space. ”
- Ronald Graham- Copy
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“ You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards. ”
- Brian Tracy- Copy
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“ You cannot choose your battlefield, God does that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew. ”
- Stephen Crane- Copy
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“ Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. ”
- Marquis de Sade- Copy
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“ Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people — your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. ”
- Barbara Bush- Copy
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“ In the past two decades, what is abnormal in the discourse among nations has been accepted as normal in US-Iran relations. Lack of diplomatic relations, often between countries at conflict, even at war, is the abnormality, not the norm. ”
- Cyrus Vance- Copy
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“ The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ”
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum- Copy
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“ If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. ”
- Bill Vaughan- Copy
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“ The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ”
- Ken Olsen- Copy
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“ The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ”
- Ray Kroc- Copy
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“ Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the world one has, happiness will constantly eluded him. ”
- Sidney Madwed- Copy
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“ Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will. ”
- John Kenneth Galbraith- Copy
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“ If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. ”
- Lawana Blackwell- Copy
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“ Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard. ”
- Peter Drucker- Copy
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“ The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ”
- Ray Kroc- Copy
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“ The tragic mistake of so many in the environmentalist movement is the belief that the rest of the world can afford to hold itself to our expensive green standards. ”
- Jonathan Berry- Copy
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“ You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are. ”
- J. Jacques- Copy
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“ Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
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“ The profoundest affinities are the most readily felt; they remain a background and standard for all happiness and if we trace them out we succeed. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ Hold yourself for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
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“ The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accomodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. ”
- Ruth Benedict- Copy
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“ The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. ”
- Sir William Osler- Copy
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