Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. — Ralph Marston
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. — Chronixx
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. — Shannon Miller
You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan
Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself — Rick Pitino
Are you holding yourself to, and judging yourself by, standards of productivity or performance that are impossible to meet? — Oliver Burkeman
Stop expecting more from yourself than the best you can do. — Steven Bartlett
If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. — Chip Kelly
Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves. — Todd Whitaker
Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments — Confucius
You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you. — Lisa Kleypas
Short Expectations Of Yourself Quotes
We cannot expect anything from the world that we are not willing to expect from ourselves. — Mahatria Ra
High expectations are the key to everything. — Sam Walton
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. — Henry David Thoreau
You can be proud of yourself and want more out of yourself at the same time. — Alexi Pappas
Work ethic must exceed the expectation level. — Tom Coughlin
You can't base your life on other people's expectations. — Stevie Wonder
To be responsible, keep your promises to others. To be successful, keep your promises to yourself. — Marie Forleo
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. — Golda Meir
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. — Jack Nicklaus
Be hard on yourself, easy on others. — Al-Shafi‘i
Expectations Of Yourself Image Quotes
Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Expectations Of Others Quotes
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. — Norman Vincent Peale
Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return — Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. — Ralph Marston
Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of the love of the inner self. There is a sublime place inside us where love dwells. The love that pulses in the cave of the heart does not depend on anything outside. It does not expect anything. It is completely independent. — Swami Muktananda
Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready. — Laurel Clark
A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
Don’t burden others with your expectations. Understanding their limitations can inspire compassion instead of disappointment, ensuring beneficial and workable relationships. Remember that you have only a short time together. Be grateful for each day you share. — Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
A proud and healthy society does not equivocate when it comes to stating clearly and unequivocally what it expects of its prospective immigrants. It is for immigrants to adapt to the host nation's values and never the other way around. — Gad Saad
We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. — Sherry Turkle
We often expect too much of others when we don’t have a clear sense of their purpose in our lives. — Jay Shetty
Self Expectation Quotes
When your world falls apart and you're left with just yourself, you're forced to discover who you are without all the beliefs, expectations, views, & self-image provided by some teacher or system. The calculating mind gives way to the intuitive mind, Knowing without Thinking. — Gabrielle Roth
Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core. — James E. Faust
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are. — Rachel Naomi Remen
I don’t know about you, but who I am today is not enough for me in 5 years. — Tom Bilyeu
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. — Irving Layton
The enemy of peace of mind is expectations drilled into you by society and other people. — Naval Ravikant
True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return. — Deborah Barnes
How can we possibly expect to influence someone else if we can't first influence ourselves? — William Ury
What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons. — Gene Wilder
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.
No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . . — Kwame Nkrumah
You must not be discouraged or let yourself become dejected if your actions have not succeeded as perfectly as you intended. What do you expect? We are made of clay and not every soil
yields the fruits expected by the one who tills it. But let us always humble ourselves and acknowledge that we are nothing if we lack the Divine assistance. — Pio of Pietrelcina
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjust the sails.
You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it. — Mark Twight
After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira — Christopher Paolini
If you are uncertain of yourself, how can you expect to keep the ideal woman of your dreams? — Corey Wayne
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. — Sheryl Sandberg
You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens
in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan
If you've given the greatest effort that you can expect of yourself, you always get what you deserve. — C. Vivian Stringer
You can't kill the past by denying the past. You can kill it only by making it obsolete. And even in that, you have to find honor in the past. You can't hack off pieces of yourself, and expect them to grow again. — Jeff Buckley
People will let you down in this life, promises will be broken, you should expect less of others and trust more in yourself. — Leon Brown
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you. — Meister Eckhart
Let go of the expectation that if you work on yourself enough, you won’t struggle anymore. If you work on yourself enough, you’l understand what the struggle is for. — Brianna Wiest
As soon as you accept the accidental effects, they are no longer accidents. They are necessity the part of yourself that you could not expect or design beforehand. Thus the realm of your creativity grows wider. — Kazuaki Tanahashi
Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will. — Anne Sweeney
Your “why” should be centered around yourself. If you’re not taken care of, how do you ever expect to take care of others? — Isaac Mashman
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. — Norman Vincent Peale
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do? — Josephine Baker
The greatest joy comes from giving and serving, so replace your habit of focusing exclusively on yourself and what's in it for you. When you make the shift to supporting others in your life, without expecting anything in return, you'll think less about what you want and find comfort and joy in the act of giving and serving. — Wayne Dyer
Remember that an artist's life is an intense search for truth. This search takes many forms. Everyone of these forms demands its own disciplines. I learned and adapted to my search. I expect nothing from you. Question the truth of anything you confront. How does it apply to yourself and the trail you are pursuing? — Brice Marden
Maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The master mind principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail. — Napoleon Hill
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses. — Norman Vincent Peale
You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST! — Brian Tracy
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing. — B. C. Forbes
If you're just addressing your own emotions and challenging yourself to find some sort of harmonious sense of being in life and questioning authority and questioning what's given and questioning what's expected of you, you're already on the cusp of finding something in yourself, and maybe waking something in somebody else. — Saul Williams
Part of making good decisions in business is recognizing the poor decisions you've made and why they were poor. I've made lots of mistakes. I'm going to make more. It's the name of the game. You don't want to expect perfection in yourself. You want to strive to do your best. It's too demanding to expect perfection in yourself. — Warren Buffett
It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself. — Deepak Chopra
50 years: here's a time when you have to separate yourself from what other people expect of you, and do what you love. Because if you find yourself 50 years old and you aren't doing what you love, then what's the point? — Jim Carrey
My expectations of other people, I double them on myself. — James Brown
Only one thing I expect from all of you: to be yourself, to discover your inner beauty, your purity of consciousness, your hidden splendor - and spread it to as many people as possible. People are miserable. Help them to laugh a little, to sing a little, to dance a little. — Osho
Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. — Ralph Marston
As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty. — John Bingham
It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. — Ralph Ellison
It is finally when you let go of what people expect you to be and people's perceptions of you that you're able to be the version of yourself that you're supposed to be - like in God's eyes. It doesn't matter if you're half crazy, or eccentric, or whatever it is - that you have to be true to who you were born to be. — Gwyneth Paltrow
Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. — Robert A. Heinlein
All one's life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to being noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. — Doris Lessing
But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else. — Uma Thurman
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps — Seth Godin
Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. — Christian D. Larsen
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