Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations.

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And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very...

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very...

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the...

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the...

I've gotten to a place where I am comfortable and I don't battle myself. I'm...

I've gotten to a place where I am comfortable and I don't battle myself. I'm...

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of...

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of...

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.

Everything is a process, growth and improvement takes time. Don't expect fast results if you...

Everything is a process, growth and improvement takes time. Don't expect fast results if you...

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think...

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think...

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do...

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet...

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet...

Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get...

Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get...

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood...

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood...

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have...

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have...

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by...

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has...

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has...