His (a player’s) conversation usually threatened and announced more than it performed; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope, to end in a constant succession of disappointment.
Perform - Performance Quotes
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.
Remember this, – that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Where performance is measured, performance improves. Where performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.
Religious Displays, as distinct from religious beliefs, are submissive acts performed towards dominant individuals called gods. The acts themselves include various forms of body-lowering, such as kneeling, bowing, kowtowing, salaaming and prostrating; also chanting and rituals of debasement and sacrifice; the offering of gifts to the gods and the making of symbolic gestures of allegiance. […]
Bringing up a family should be an adventure, not an anxious discipline in which everybody is constantly graded for performance.
