Expectations Of Yourself Quotes:

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

- James Brown

topic: People, Expectations, Expectations Of Yourself

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Success, Improving Yourself, Stop Making Excuses

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

source: "Sandberg: Speak up, believe in yourself, take risks" by Sheryl Sandberg, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2013.

topic: Ambition, Passion, Goal, Live With Passion, Personal Improvement

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Inspirational, Karma, Motivation, Martial Artist, Martial Arts Inspirational

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

- Stevie Wonder

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Life, Success, Bullying, Expectations Of Yourself

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

- Florence Welch

topic: Expectations, High Expectations, Should, Expectations Of Yourself

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

topic: Happiness, Happy, Inspiration, Happy Girl, Positive Living

You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!

- Brian Tracy

topic: Expectations, Higher, Expectations Of Yourself

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

topic: Expectations, Environmental, Peers, Environmental Influences, Expectations Of Yourself

I think you have to have your own expectations of yourself and your own sense of purpose and your own intrinsic pleasure in the task. If you don't, you will drive yourself off a cliff because your fortunes will rise and fall, and if you identify too closely with that, you really will go insane.

- Sarah Ruhl

source: Source: blogs.indiewire.com

topic: Fall, Thinking, Expectations, Expectations Of Yourself

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

- Uma Thurman

topic: Thinking, Expectations, High Expectations, Expectations Of Yourself

If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have.

- Hale Irwin

topic: Expectations, Littles, Nervous, Nervousness, Expectations Of Yourself

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself

- Miriam Toews

source: Miriam Toews (2001). “Swing Low: A Life”, p.69, Arcade Publishing

topic: Expectations, Joy, Becoming, Expectations Of Yourself

When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation of yourself; say, "I am free to write the worst junk in the world."

- Natalie Goldberg

source: Natalie Goldberg (2005). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.11, Shambhala Publications

topic: Attitude, Writing, Expectations, Expectations Of Yourself