Quotes About Standards

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.

If America wants to make "made in America" a symbol of excellence and worth. They have to make everything of high quality, otherwise the best.

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could just achieve mediocrity.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence.

Don't tolerate any form of average. Don't accept Dis-excellence. Don't stand for mediocre. If you're going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.

Some critics claim to know what art has to be and do, and consider it their task to steer art along the path they have chosen. Others receive art gladly, and try to distinguish degrees of excellence.

We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.

A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

Do not confuse excellence with perfection. The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not.

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.

Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn't a realistic expectation.

People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence.

For there is in mankind an unfortunate propensity to make themselves, their views and their works, the measure of excellence in every thing whatsoever

Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.

Excellence! We all want it from others and we should want it from ourselves.

They did not ask my permission for their mediocrity, why should I ask theirs for excellence?

... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.

Having the experience of senior guys around you just makes things easier as they all contribute ideas and set the standards for the group.