Quotes About Excellence

I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

We wonder if we serve better than someone else. We import a drive to achieve into our works of mercy.

It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump.

No importa que el comienzo sea pequeño; lo que se hace bien una vez, queda bien hecho para siempre.

What is once well done is forever

Excellence does not require perfection.

since she might not be splendid, she would at least be immaculate.

The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.

She does everything beautifully. She's complete.

By choosing to live above the ordinary level we create extraordinary problems for ourselves.

The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love. He who loveth mean and sordid things doth thereby become base and vile, but a noble and well-placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit into a conformity with the perfections which it loves.

But it is better to follow even the shadow of the best than to remain content with the worst.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Write on your doors the saying wise and old, Be bold! be bold! and everywhere-- Be bold; Be not too bold! Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly

Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest!

The fact that the human act is self-directed or built up means in no sense that the actor necessarily exercises excellence in its construction. Indeed, he may do a very poor job in constructing his act.

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.'

I haven't got years and years left so I want to compete against the best.

A lot of people say they're competitive, and they think that means they scream and yell when they lose. I'm not like that. I don't scream and yell. I just win. At anything I do, I win.

If you do this, you're going to have some heartaches from it. You're going to have people yelling at you or maybe screaming at you or criticizing you, but I think it's the best way to sell a superior chicken.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

Yes, process and preparations are the most important for me as a player. If preparations are not great, that tends to affect performance. When preparations are perfect you are not searching for results but only counting on performance.

I prefer to have the music as pure as possible. I don't want to say, 'Oh yes, this is good. This is not good; I have to do it again.' I don't want to do it again. I want to do it once. It's no good, I do another one.

And yes, I am fond of beauty, be it clothes, jewelry or just life. It has to be the best.