Quotes About Excellence

Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but even higher expectations for themselves.

Bad money drives out good.' That means poor performance will take over if good performance isn't recognized.

If you're really good, they'd taught him at Quantico, you don't have to be arrogant.

There is no seamen in the world who prefers a slow ship to a fast one. The painters painted better, the cooks took a little more time with the meals, and the technicians tightened the bolts just a little more. Their ship was no longer a cripple, and pride broke out in the crew like a rainbow after a summer shower.

proverbial pros from Dover

no one rose to exceptional greatness exclusively by being "a good soldier.

Muy bien, jefe

But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on the Persian carpet of Creation.

We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174

On second thought, it's unlikely that anybody can teach another to excel in bed. Rather, what they might do is awaken in the other her or his predisposition for copulative excellence.

Não devemos concorrer com o mundo nas áreas em que ele é muito competente, ou até melhor que nós. Mas existe algo com que o mundo não é capaz de competir: a presença de Deus.

You your best thing, Sethe.

FinallyA brothers and sisters, whatever is true,a whatever is honorable,b whatever is just,c whatever is pure,d whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable ?— ?if there is any moral excellencee and if there is anything praiseworthy ?— ?dwell on these things.

Here is the secret to your life as a kingdom woman of excellence: a short memory coupled with a clear direction. If you are going to live in excellence, you have to forget yesterday. Whether it was good, bad, or ugly, if it's yesterday, you need to let it go. When you carry yesterday further than you ought to, you ruin today. If you ruin today, then you spoil tomorrow.

Give me the fingers of Mozart, and there is no musical piece I cannot play. Give me the mind of Einstein, and there is no mathematical formula I cannot unravel. Give me the arms of Hank Aaron, and there is no home run I cannot hit. Give me the life of Jesus Christ, and there is no victory I cannot achieve.

Greatness is maximizing your potential for the glory of God and the good of others. The

I never wanted to be safe... I wanted to be good.

You need never settle for second best. Never.

I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.

The Gospel never has a better name than when it goes forth in a manner beyond reproach.

To achieve Operational Excellence, management has to coach, guide, teach, and instill the concept of getting rid of the use of management in supporting the flow of product to the customer

The right use of kaizen in Operational Excellence is using kaizen to eliminate the need for management in the flow of product to the customer.

You lead by letting others know what you expect of them which may exceed what they themselves expect. Provide them a reputation that they can step up to.

One thing you should not fear is competition. They only help to raise your game and build a better product. If they are better than you, you deserve to lose." Peldi in Do! the pursuit of xceptional execution