Quotes About Excellence

My dad was enlisted in the Navy; my mother was a nurse. It just was never a thought process. It was just go to the best school you can go to, do the best you possibly can do, and be the best person you can possibly be, and I think our faith had a lot to do with that.

I put all my energy and thoughtful commitment to everything that I do. There is no other way!

Five thousand Don Hecks are not worth one Neal Adams.

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?

Anybody can make a thousand dollar garment because you find the finest fabric and the finest mills, and you churn that out.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

No dejes apagar el entusiasmo, virtud tan valiosa como necesaria; trabaja, aspira, tiende siempre hacia la altura

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

Fabulous lover, excellent decorator - rotten writer? Nobody can be good at everything, and two out of three ain't bad.

When you're good at making excuses, it's difficult to excel at anything else.

Abraham Lincoln's principle for greatness can be adopted by nearly all. This was his rule: Whatsoever he had to do at all, he put his whole mind into it and held it all there until that was all done.

The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best

Your best may not be the

best, but if it be your best it will bring a harvest.

Hast thou not perfect excellence, ?tis best To keep thy tongue in silence, for ?tis this Which shames a man; as lightness does attest The nut is empty, nor of value is.

Wasim and Waqar were amazing bowlers. I would put them right up there with the best in the world.

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

Do Your Best Work

If you want to be a garbage man, be a garbage man, but be the best garbage man you can be. (p. 8)

Ne vois-tu pas que, si les gens de métier s'accommodent jusqu'à un certain point aux goûts des particuliers, ils n'en restent pourtant pas moins attachés à la raison de leur art et ne supportent pas de s'en écarter?

Do it fast, simple, and right the first time (and did we mention fast?).

Whenever you want to cheer yourself up, consider the good qualities of your companions, for example, the energy of one, the modesty of another, the generosity of yet another, and some other quality of another; for nothing cheers the heart as much as the images of excellence reflected in the character of our companions, all brought before us as fully as possible. Therefore, keep these images ready at hand.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.