“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
“"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -- " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called”
Winnie the Pooh
“It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance is reality.”
Harold S. Geneen
“Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.”
Richard M. DeVos
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward
“We expect to perform well this year, meeting member's expectations, continuing to deliver strong value and making significant investments on members' behalf.”
Colin Jordan