Quotes About Excellence

She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.

An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well.

Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times

LeBron James is the best player, hands down. He is easily moving into the territory of one of the best players of all time and may end up being the best player of all time.

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.

A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth, The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth

Isn't better to excel in your work than wasting time on fruitless things ... after all to become the history, you have to write it.

Make this moment magnificent!

Take decision each single time to ascertain that you are getting the best every time.

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better.

It's time you stop thinking that because you did something, it's... amazing. All you've got to do is say, 'OK. If I'm great, what do they call Steve Jobs?'

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

In my films, all the great things are put together. It's not like one kind of ice cream but rather a very big Sundae.

45 years is a long time to do anything, let alone for a rock band to play together. I'm proud of what we've accomplished and proud that we've kept the high standards.

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

The true exceptional performer is on super pilot. Every single sense, every fiber of his body is brought together in what he is doing.

Effortless, excellence has to be. Tossed off, reflecting the ease you're born to, which opposes what little I've garnered about comportment. I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can offer, and they temper you into something unbreakable, because Lord knows they'll try--without let up--to break you.

So it's not enough for me to be as good as a man. I gotta be better than them. And I gotta prove it. Every. Damned. Day

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

You are simple, brave, and honest. With training, you could be excellent warriors. Not me, said Annie. I don't like to fight. Sometimes one must fight for the right things, said the emperor. Like what? said Jack. Freedom and justice, and the emperor. Truth.

the master of this person of an excellent disposition. And is remarkable in the ship for his gentleness,and the mildness of his disipline... added to his well known integrity and dauntless courage, made me desirious to engage him.