Quotes About Excellence

And it is all the more extraordinary when you reflect that despite perpetually modest funding Britain still has three of the world's top ten universities and eleven of the top one hundred. Put another way, Britain has 1 percent of the world's population, but 11 percent of its best universities, and accounts for nearly 12 percent of total academic citations and 16 percent of the most highly cited studies. I

Bradford hat die Rolle seines Lebens darin gefunden, jeden anderen Ort auf diesem Planeten im Vergleich besser abschneiden zu lassen, und es spielt sie sehr gut.

I am not difficult. I am happy with the best.

He [Walter Cronkite] was also a profoundly good man. I don't think we should lose sight of that. All those professional gifts emanated from a very good core and that's something that's beyond training. It's who he was.

You can think whatever you want, Mr. Speaker, but you should show respect—if not for me then for all the other people who dedicate their lives to stopping terrorism and keeping our country safe. We aren't perfect, and we never will be. But we will never stop doing our best.

This is great

They destroyed every playoff opponent and set a record for postseason point differential that still stands.

Greatness doesn't happen by chance, nor does it occur in a vacuum. Greatness comes from, first, a passion for what you do; and second, a clear understanding of what you can and want to be best at.

In order to build a cohesive unit, it helps to start with great players.

Somewhere else in the world, someone is practicing while you're not, and when you meet him, he'll beat you.

Discipline is recognizing what has to be done, doing it as well as you can do it, and doing it that way all the time.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Do not fear failure. Do more than is required of you. Make your plans fit the circumstances. There is only one type of discipline—perfect discipline.

The future belongs to the competent. Get good get better be the best.

He is Englishness carried to perfection

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Having top-of-the-line tools is imperative, but being the top-notch carpenter who masterfully uses those tools is even more critical.

Si quieres volar con las águilas, ¡no nades con los patos!». Yo

God has invested entirely too much in you for you to be comfortable in anything less than you were created to be.

a proud man who could do more than he is asked to do. It is not good for the spirit.

The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.

It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor,inverse hormesis, absence of challenge, degrades the best of the best.

Why, man alive, Laura! Just look about you a little. What do you see? A world full of common people! All of 'em born and all of em' going to die! Which of them has one-tenth of your good points! Or mine! Or anyone else's, as far as that goes - gosh! Everybody excels in some one thing. Some in many!

La perfection est absolue, n'est-ce pas ? On ne peut pas être un peu unique, on ne peut pas être plus que parfait. Et pourtant... Vous l'êtes