“[H]igh standards are teachable. In fact, people are pretty good at learning high standards simply through exposure. High standards are contagious. Bring a new person onto a high standards team, and they’ll quickly adapt. The opposite is also true. If low standards prevail, those too will quickly spr…”— Jeff Bezos, phx.corporate-ir.net
“That’s fun, right? Instead of running everything, I’m going back to my old job. So the standards department is telling me you can only say 'cat anus' twice during the show, but I’m gonna fight for you. You can say it three times. Cat anus, cat anus, cat anus!”— Matt Hubbard, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com
“When you see soap/shampoo for “normal skin” or “normal hair” I think it’s fair to remind everyone within shouting distance that NORMALCY IS AN ILLUSION and clear the shelf.”— James Hamblin, twitter.com
“You can think Melania Trump is a bad person and also feel bad about a society that made it seem like a good idea for her to marry a clearly uncaring monster like Donald Trump. This may have been a me thing, but growing up I got a LOT of messages that I w ,as supposed to marry a successful man. Not a…”— Jennifer Wright, twitter.com
“It's okay to be selective about who you let occupy space in your life. Never apologize for changing your criteria & raising your standards.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Set goals so high that they demand an entirely different version of you.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim too low and succeed.”— Ken Robinson, amazon.com
“Alpha women do not put up with bullshit. They simply do not have the time to analyze mixed messages or become fluent in your hot and cold behavior. They’re way too busy working on their goals and leading thriving lives to entertain partners with half-assed efforts.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re not here to settle. You're not here to bow down to those who give you crumbs. You’re not here to waste time catering to people who couldn’t care less if they destroyed you in the process of getting what they want.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Writer bends over backwards to show how 'normal' a nazi sympathizer is: 'man — intelligent, socially adroit and raised middle class.' Don't sic your 'normal' on me & be open to how many people have a different normal.”— Quiara Alegría Hudes, twitter.com
“I don’t know why you’re still single — but it’s probably because you have actual standards. Because you aren’t going to date someone just for the sake of dating them. Because, even though you sometimes say that you hate yourself, you still practice self-love. You still do what is best for yourself.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“He doesn’t deserve to hear about your day. He doesn’t deserve to hear how you are. He doesn’t deserve anything from you and you owe him nothing at all.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“Setting boundaries or calling out toxic behavior isn’t hateful – it’s sacred and it should be taught in every spiritual practice.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t give yourself to someone who makes you feel any less than the beautiful and rare soul of a woman that you are.”— Natalia Vela, thoughtcatalog.com
“Someone should take this girl in his arms and hold her tight, I thought. Probably someone other than me. Someone qualified to give her something.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Definition is always limitation—the "fixed" and "unchangeless" are but terms expressive of a stoppage of growth.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves.”— Matthew Kelly, amazon.com
“We’re so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.”— Charles de Lint, amazon.com
“She’d rather stay single than meet someone who can’t give her half of what she’s asking for.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com