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
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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