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

 I think the meaning for this quote can mean two things the first meaning being to do better than what people say for example if someone where to say you'll never achieve nothing in life or your going to do great things when you grow up i think the meaning would be to do better for the negative side to prove them wrong and for the positive side to fulfill and elevate on what they said. the other meaning that i think it would or if it does mean is be responsible for the things people say to you for example if someone was to say about you or to you god has great things for you or your gonna change the world i think the quote would be meaning to fulfill what those people say about you and to not prove them wrong i think that's what it means.