High Standards Quotes

94 quotes by 87 authors

We make no apologies for setting high standards. — Nancy L. Zimpher
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… — Donald Trump
Any policy is a success by sufficiently low standards and a failure by sufficiently high standards. — Thomas Sowell
I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards! — Josie Maran
I'm really shallow when I come to guys. I only date really good-looking, well-endowed guys, with great bodies. My friends are always going on at… — Josie Maran
My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate… — Lauren Bacall
But theres a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like The Cosby Show that sets such a high standard of… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself. — Olivia Newton-John
Actually, I don't really draw that well. It's just that I don't stop trying as quickly. I keep at it. I happen to have high… — Milt Kahl
As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. — George W. Bush
I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up to such a… — Nate Silver
Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of… — Franz Stampfl
The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside… — Price Pritchett
As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A consequence of seeking… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in… — Price Pritchett
Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide. The… — Price Pritchett
And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them. Teachers… — Barack Obama
People mistake their limitations for high standards. — Jean Toomer
Rarely do schools acknowledge the power of peer culture in defining standards, and rarely do they take advantage of this power as an engine for… — Sandy Berger
To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but… — Christian D. Larson

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