Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes

I always try to demand greatness from myself.

I'm a guy who expects a lot from himself.

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

I expect perfection from myself.

The challenge itself is to exceed certain high standards you've set for yourself.

I'm very demanding of myself.

I have to continue to be very demanding of myself in order to evolve.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

I have always... expected a lot from myself.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I would not be who I am if I were not putting pressure on me to up the level of my game further.

I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.

I am very demanding of myself.

I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.

That's just how I live my life. That's how I was raised: to demand excellence out of myself.

Nobody's a better critic of myself than me, and I try to do the best I can.

I think the only expectation is that I put on myself to do everything right and to put myself in a position to perform as best that I can.

Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.

We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.