Quotes About Performance

Despite the scope of his vision, Pierpont was extremely attentive to details and took pride in the knowledge that he could perform any job in the bank:

10. "I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

Like a Zen question: If you put on a show, and nobody comes, have you in fact put on a show at all?

Writing is show business for shy people.

Hazen thought for a moment, then concluded: "You know, even if all religions were figments of our imagination, I would choose Christianity, because it says you can be assured that you're right with God. There's no need for performance anxiety or laboring through lifetime after lifetime. As the Bible says in 1 John 5:13: 'I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Grace liberates us. Our tendency toward performance imprisons us.

Studies show mental rehearsal helps weekend athletes sharpen their golf, their tennis, their running, whatever their favourite activity. Experts agree if you see the pictures, hear the sounds, and feel the movements of your body in your mind before you do the activity, the effect is powerful.

It is dangerous to judge ability by short-term results.

That is, if the winners (at the left of the graph) continued to do better than the others, and the losers (at the right) worse, this graph should be nearly identical to the last.

Over the hundreds of at bats he has each year, those random factors usually average out and result in some typical home run production that increases as the player becomes more skillful and then eventually decreases owing to the same process

Do we, like the flight instructors, believe that harsh criticism improves our children's behavior or our employees' performance?

When you get up in front of a group of people, you make a contract with them; you promise them, "I am going to deliver value X." Every once in a while, you have to say, "See, I remember; I am keeping my promise.

The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

No one rises to low expectations

Do you think they'll play Katy Perry's 'Firework,' or is that too obvious?

learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala, I say with an affected bow.

Go on, darling," she said, batting her lashes. "Tell them the rest." "Riiiight," Sam said, suppressing a smirk.

My musical cutlery skills have landed me in the top concert halls of Europe. The Queen yelling out, 'Spoon solo!'" Duff played a mock spoon solo against his thigh, then made crowd sounds. "Of course, there was that tragic spork incident at the Hollywood Bowl. We don't talk about that." "You don't play anything, do you?" "Not a thing. I am completely and utterly useless.

Another time. I'm late for the show. You're always late. Well, at least I'm consistent.

The Wishy-Washy Wimp is so paralyzed by fear and anxiety that he or she cannot make a move if there is pressure to perform. Even an action to save another person's life might be avoided. Wishy-Washy

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Irresponsible is only irresponsible if you fail. Succeed, however; and irresponsible quickly becomes merely unorthodox.