Top 1200 High Standards Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.

I do have very high customer service standards - I'd send back sushi because it's too fishy.

Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?

CAFE standards have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and the environmental benefits of increasing CAFE standards are frequently overstated. Their impact on human health is more certain: CAFE standards have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths since their adoption.

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of judgment. But amateur standards, the standards of love, are always straining upward toward the humble and the best. They enlarge the ground of judgment. The context of love is the world.

You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy.

The kind of young woman who can be a terrific torchbearer has high standards all the time, not just in her prom dress, but every, ordinary day.

Regulators around the world have achieved an unprecedented level of collaboration since the financial crisis to create global standards for financial institutions. American regulators have largely viewed these international standards as a floor, and imposed higher standards on U.S. institutions.

Alignment = Magic & Miracles ... Keep your standards high. YOU are worth it!

With virtually no knowledge of or interest in history, the masses simply take their unprecedented high living standards under capitalism for granted.

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

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 my life that I had high standards.

The most difficult thing is to make sure the standards remain high in each restaurant.

You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.

I do think we need to hold countries accountable who violate trade agreements that are already in place. We need to get stronger about enforcement, that in the future if we strike a trade agreement, toughening up labor standards and environmental standards and enforcement standards is something we absolutely need to do.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

I couldn't say a specific thing, but the media is not really held to high standards anymore.

They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.

When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high.

The challenge itself is to exceed certain high standards you've set for yourself.

At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.

My dad always had very high standards for me, from day one.

One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

Results are a consequence of doing things well and having high standards, improving the detail of how we play.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

I set myself high standards, and when I drop below them, I'm not happy about it.

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured. —New York, Sept. 26, 2007

The music industry is an unforgiving place, and it shall unceremoniously show you the door if you can't perform to high standards.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

As you live high standards publicly and privately, and even under great pressure adhere to them, you raise the vision of others.

I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

I always prefer to save up and have a four- or five-star holiday rather than take lots of little breaks where the standards aren't so high.

In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss; they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.

Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date? Of course they're out of date. Standards are always out of date. That is what makes them standards.

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board.

Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards.

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.

Of course my standards are out of date! That's why they're called standards.

I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.

I've been inconsistent by my standards, but I always set high goals for myself.

I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where a song will not be a good song until it has a high level of creativity in writing and performance. In other words, in order to be popular, songs will have to meet these high standards.

One does not avoid incompetence if one makes an attempt whose likelihood of success is too low. This seems little more than analytic: when the performance is in a domain that imposes standards of risk, attempts may or may not meet such standards. And the relevant competence of agents then includes reliably enough meeting those standards.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.

When a new manager comes in, you have to prove yourself all over again. That's what you have to do every day and keep your standards high.

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.

I don't give up, and I make sure to keep my standards high.

Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.

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