Quotes About Excellence

John D. MacDonald is by any standards a better writer than Saul Bellow, only MacDonald writes thrillers and Bellow is a human-heart chap, so guess who wears the top-grade laurels?

Caltech is a wonderful place. Named the top university in the world by the Times of London in each of the last three years, it is small enough—just 300 professors, 1000 undergrads, and 1200 graduate students—that I know Caltech experts in all branches of science. It was

Grammar, he felt, was a sign of competence, not of excellence.

Excellence is praised." "Praise inspires excellence.

We do not need to find something we are best at; what is important is simply that we do our best.

You're magnificent," he says.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

When religion doth with virtue join, it makes a hero like an angel shine.

Every great man is an idol, an oracle of inquiry. Don't aspire to know the former, but aspire to know the diety in his soul.

A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.

There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance.

The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous.

The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.

Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

I'm not gonna lie, I love Usain Bolt and Serena Williams. What I love about Serena is that she just gets on the floor and she dominates. She handles her business very well, I respect that.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

I respect scholarship. But I don't like to do things half-heartedly.

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

When human glory rises high As human glory can; When though the king is truly great, Still greater is the man.