One body cannot perform two services.
—Chinese Proverb
Too aim is not enough, you must hit!
—German Proverb
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
—Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American Architect
Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.
—Stephen Sondheim (b.1930) American Musician, Composer, Songwriter
Slumps are like a soft bed. They’re easy to get into and hard to get out of.
—Johnny Bench (b.1947) American Sportsperson
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
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 American Self-Help Author
I don’t feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
—Hank Aaron (1934–2021) American Baseball Player
Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating – these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.
—Jeremiah Brown Howell
Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Never step over one duty to perform another.
—English Proverb
Performance, and performance alone, dictates the predator in any food chain.
—Unknown
You don’t concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.
—Chuck Yeager (1923–2020) American Test Pilot, Air Force Officer
Perform good deeds; you will not regret them.
—Moroccan Proverb
There is nothing in all the world so satisfying as a task well done. There is no reward so pleasing as that which comes with the mastery of a difficult problem.
—Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) American Mormon Religious Leader
If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
—Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American Author
How much we like ourselves governs our performance.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.
—Harold S. Geneen (1910–1997) British-American Businessman
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.
—Joe Paterno (1926–2012) American Sportsperson
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
—Sam Snead (1912–2002) American Professional Golfer
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
—Arnold Palmer (b.1929) American Sportsperson
The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
—Ansel Adams (1902–84) American Photographer
People say to me, “You were a roaring success. How did you do it?” I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make something happen.
—Lee Iacocca (1924–2019) American Businessperson
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