Quotes About Excellence

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. COLOSSIANS 3 : 23

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 14 – 15

Not to be cheered by praise, Not to be grieved by blame, But to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers Are the characteristics of an excellent man.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

I deem him one of the greatest beings alive in our time. I do not see his like elsewhere. I fear whatever our need we shall never see his like again.

Virtue theory, which is also called aretaic ethics (from the Greek term arete, "virtue"), holds that morality is more than simply doing the right thing. The foundational moral claims made by the virtue theorist concern the moral agent (the person doing the action), not the act that the agent performs.

What good is something that scales well if it sucks? Why is size the ultimate goal or even a goal at all?

To be great at something, you must look to the great ones of the past and improve on the ideas and techniques that they started. I was motivated to do better—to improve on the ideas of others.

For each individual among the many has a share of excellence and practical wisdom, and when they meet together, just as they become in a manner one man, who has many feet, and hands, and senses, so too with regard to their character and thought. Hence the many are better judges than a single man of music and poetry, for some understand one part, and some another, and among them they understand the whole. (Aristotle, Politics, book 3, chapter 11)

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.

This is your life, your one and only life, so take excellence very personally.

I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

Equality and respect are woven into the fabric of the conduct and performance of iconic organizations and leaders. Period.

Get the best people and train them well.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

What happens when perfection isn't good enough?

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. (Col. 3:23–24)

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.

I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.