Quotes About Excellence

Jonathan Hill is an old friend of mine; I have worked with him for many years and know him to be a man of outstanding ability who has never sought a public profile.

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to perfection.

You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.

I never thought that one day that this NAS Jax would be the center of aviation excellence in the Southeast and from pole to pole.

I'm a Red Sox fan, but I still have a lot of respect for Mariano Rivera, who's the best closer of all-time.

Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.

When I came into stand-up, I found a certain safe space of intellectualism, of camaraderie, of excellence that really has always been natural to me but always felt foreign in the other spaces I've been in.

Del Piero is like Raul in Spain, he is the number one.

My chocolate is special because it's real. My pistachios are from Italy, and the almonds are from Spain. We make our own marzipan. If I sell a product that says 'raspberry,' it's real raspberry. My plan was to make the best product possible and be the least expensive of the best chocolate makers. That's still our position.

The press often ask me about Messi and Ronaldo and who is the best, but one thing for me is very clear. For me, the No. 1 is Andres Iniesta, because he is my team-mate for Spain, and I can see that he is able to do even more difficult things on the pitch.

Only by creating out of love will one achieve true greatness.

Where Christ's Spirit is, it will bring men from their altitudes and excellencies, and make them to stoop to serve the church, and account it an honour to be an instrument to do good.

Let's not just reach for the stars, but become the stars everyone reaches for.

When you come up a bit short on excellence, you still win. When you strive for perfect, you're just never quite good enough.

The best ones, are not the perfect ones.

Don't settle. If you settle, you already know it's below your standards. You are entitled to the best this life has to offer.

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state

It was perfect, but perfection is terrifying.

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.