Top 1200 Standards Set Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

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.

Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.

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

Rock stars hawking Diet Cokes--are demons set loose on the Earth to lower the standards for the perfect & holy children of God!

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.

Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

I, personally, have standards that I have set for myself. I'd like to achieve those and look back without regret.

We can be inspired by and renew our ancient culture of sustainable design and living. Why not set standards for producers and importers of all goods and services sold in India?

The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than conforming to rigid standards set by social custom.

You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.

Do not do what you cannot continue to deliver. For, remember, the world wants to see a continuity of delivery of set standards...!

The standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards.

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work - just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege.

You have to empower your sales staff to use their judgment and go beyond the standards set down on paper and by the computer.

But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards. I inherit nothing. I stand at the end of no tradition. I may, perhaps, stand at the beginning of one.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.

Young girls are obsessed with having a thigh gap. I blame the impossible body standards set by Spongebob.

As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work.

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand.

When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience; I have a set of standards.

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

Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.

It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

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.

I have standards. Well, okay, they're love standards, but I have them.

With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.

Having the experience of senior guys around you just makes things easier as they all contribute ideas and set the standards for the group.

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

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.

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards, make everyone else itch to emulate.

If you can keep getting better, we can set ourselves better standards every game.

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

I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.

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

We will continue to set the standards in the industries in which AEG operates, bringing our unique vision and development model to entertainment locations throughout the world.

Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

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

I set myself high standards on the pitch and I 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.

Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to judging public figures or politicians or people we've never met, we tend to hold people to very high standards, and, if we held ourselves to those standards, we'd always fall short.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

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.

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

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

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

Now is the time to set your life's goals. Now is the time to set your standards firmly and then hold to them throughout your life.

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

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.

I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.

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

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.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.