If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.
Alan Loy McGinnisThe Hasidic rabbi, Zuscha, was asked on his deathbed what he thought the kingdom of God would be like. He replied, "I don't know. But one thing I do know. When I get there I am not going to be asked, 'Why weren't you Moses? Why weren't you David?' I am only going to be asked, 'Why weren't you Zuscha? Why weren't you fully you?'"
Alan Loy McGinnis