90 Raising The Bar Quotes

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Famous Raising The Bar Quotes

No matter how high your bar is, raise it. — Naval Ravikant

We must always set the bar high, otherwise we do not progress. — Kylian Mbappe

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar. — Orrin Woodward

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. — Mia Hamm

If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards. - Tony Robbins

If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards. — Tony Robbins

You have to raise your game to the level of those around you. Then you have to maintain that high level, and by doing this I think I am improving naturally. — Kylian Mbappe

Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement. — Dick Costolo

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

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it. — Emil Zatopek

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. — Tony Robbins

No one rises to low expectations — Les Brown

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. — Jack Nicklaus

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself — Rick Pitino

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character. — Ida Tarbell

High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton

High expectations are the key to everything. — Sam Walton

Short Raising The Bar Quotes

  • We aim above the mark to hit the mark. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. — Steve Jobs
  • If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. — Chip Kelly
  • If you like me, raise your hand. If you don't, raise your standards — Shahrukh Khan
  • If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed. — Richard Branson
  • One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance. — Patrice Motsepe
  • Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise — Michael Jordan
  • One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals. — Michael Korda
  • Never decrease the goal, increase the effort! — Gary Brecka
  • Do things better than they have ever been done before. — Angela Duckworth

Raising The Bar Image Quotes

Raising the bar quote The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.
The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness, not to stop your progress.

Inspirational Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly - Paulo Coelho

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho

Raising the bar quote Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out!
Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out!

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

Raising the bar quote If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much mon
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Raise The Bar Quotes

James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is... James Cameron. — James Cameron

I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar. — Dwayne Johnson

There's weight on me to raise the bar, to carry on that legacy. But that's what drives me. Making sure that no one ever forgets who the Wallendas are. — Nik Wallenda

Raising the bar quote Nobody raises his reputation by lowering others.
Nobody raises his reputation by lowering others.

If you're unwilling to leave someplace you've outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don't stand still, leap forward. — Ronda Rousey

I put so much pressure on myself to raise the bar with each and every project. I treat it like every film is my last, and I make sure I pour everything I have into every film I make because if I'm not trying to improve, someone else will. — Scott Adkins

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator. — Tim Gunn

Raising the bar quote Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

I don't think we have any choice. I think we have an obligation to change the rules, to raise the bar, to play a different game, and to play it better than anyone has any right to believe is possible. — Seth Godin

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day. — Bruce Jenner

If you raise the bar and offer your best to others then you deserve the same or better. Sometimes you have to divorce people who add no value to your life because they have nothing to offer but drama. — Bindu

Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the bar on portable gaming, before they even get started. — Reggie Fils-Aime

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More Raising The Bar Quotes

We only get what we believe that we deserve. Raise the bar, raise your standards and you will receive a better outcome. — Joel Brown

I think that, back in the day, there used to be a lot of horror films that kind of had a checklist of what went into making the 'perfect horror film', and I think now people are raising the bar in the industry, as far as the types of horror films that are being made. — Elisha Cuthbert

Heath Ledger's performance in 'The Dark Knight' quite simply changed the game. He raised the bar not just for actors in superhero films, but young actors everywhere; for me. His performance was dark, anarchic, dizzying, free, and totally, thrillingly, dangerous. — Tom Hiddleston

You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless. — Seth Godin

Sebastian [ Vettel] can also learn to be more laid-back. It's never too late to learn. He's got some way to go. He's young and will turn out well. I'm not worried about that. He'll raise the bar ever higher. — Niki Lauda

I'm always inspired by people who raise the bar, whether in their field of work, parenthood, or giving back. — Candace Cameron

Give yourself another chance to make your dream a reality. Don't allow a delay to become a denial. Raise the bar on yourself, increase your determination, and explode your drive. You will fail your way to success. Everything you experience can be used to grow through...not just to go through. Make your dream happen! You deserve! — Les Brown

If you don't raise the bar, how will you ever know your potential? — L. Tom Perry

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself. — John C. Maxwell

Only the mediocre die always at their best. Real leaders are always improving - and raising their bar on how superbly they can perform and how quickly they can move. — Jean Giraudoux

Set your business plan to win; raise the bar or you're not going to be prepared. You need to think that what you're doing will make you $100 million. — Swizz Beatz

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level. — Kenny Marchant

Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with The Sopranos, and then on mainstream TV, shows like Lost broke amazing ground. — Nestor Carbonell

Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed the whole world, and an entire sprawling industry, that writing monsters and demons and end-of-the-world is not hack-work, it can challenge the best. Joss Whedon raised the bar for every writer - not just genre or niche writers, but every single one of us. — Russell T Davies

Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. — L. Tom Perry

The quality of an idea does not depend on its altitude in the organization...An idea can be from any source. So we will search the globe for ideas. We will share what we know with others to get what they know. We have a constant quest to raise the bar, and we get there by constantly talking to others. — Jack Welch

A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement. — Dan Gelber

It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur. — Harold Hamm

Don't raise the bar and narrow the gap, but narrow the gap to raise the bar. — Andy Hargreaves

You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?' — Tim Walker

Idea is to constantly raise the bar, push the boundaries. Fitness is ultimately a journey, not a destination. — Gul Panag

The secret to living a full life with no regrets and to staying young is to figure out what you believe in and fight for it. If you lose, don't give up. If you win, raise the bar, and then rare back and do something else. And remember that, with the accumulation of years, our responsibilities to the future grow greater, not less. — William J. Clinton

Rising inequality hasn't really accomplished anything of value for its ostensible beneficiaries, the top one percent. They've all built bigger mansions and staged more lavish parties. But in so doing, they've simply raised the bar that defines what's considered adequate in these categories. — Robert H. Frank

I definitely think with a lot of hard work, I can be a better player than I was last year, and hopefully, continue to raise the bar every year. — Evan Longoria

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me. — Kristin Hersh

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself. — Darren Criss

The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away. — Seth Godin

The changing economic situation, the changing global market means it is understandable that employers are constantly raising the bar. It is challenging the education system to come up with ever higher standards to meet the expectation of employers. — Jim Knight

We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that. — Arne Duncan

It is incumbent upon us all to raise the bar, whether you are a multibillion-dollar international corporation or a mom-and-pop selling blackberry jam. — Howard Schmidt

A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter. — Pat Summitt

It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. — Oprah Winfrey

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