“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.” - Henry Ward Beecher

What henry is saying is that is that your standards have to be higher than anyone else. You always have to have yourself in a higher standard that no one will expect you to have. Dont never bring yourself down. Always motivate yourself to put your standards higher than they suppose to. For Example always put your standards higher than anyone else. People will always think that you can’t have higher standards than them. So you always have to prove them wrong. Always surprise people with your standards. For example i always try to have higher standards than people just because i feel good about it. People sometimes don’t believe on you but then you have to prove them wrong and surprise them. So i do agree with Henry because you should always have higher standards than anyone else. And always set higher standards than anyone else.  And never excuse yourself and be lazy.