Quotes about Performance

My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.

I'd learned my default mode was to perform. Even in small groups I feel like I have to be "on." But when I'm alone my energy comes back. When I'm alone I don't have to perform for anybody.

Talking about real life. The thought of not acting pressed on me like a terror. Can we really trust people to love us just as we are? Nobody steps onto a stage and gets a standing ovation for being human. You have to sing or dance or something. I think that's the difference between being loved and making people clap, though. Love can't be earned, it can only be given. And it can only be exchanged by people who are completely true with each other.

Just as a parent is pleased with the efforts of his little child to please him, though it be only by picking a daisy or walking across a room, so is our Father in heaven pleased with the poor performances of His believing children. He looks at the motive, principle, and intention of their actions, and not merely at their quantity and quality. He regards them as members of His own dear Son,

A goal that is not measurable is just wishful thinking.

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec.

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

To some Christianity is an argument. To many it is a performance. To a few, it is experience.

When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.