Quotes About Excellence

Draw, Antonio, draw, said Michelangelo to one of his apprentices. Draw and do not waste time.

you are an eagle among canaries. You were born to soar.

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

Competition is the spice of sports but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.

The people we know as masters don't devote themselves to their particular skill just to get better at it. The truth is, they love to practice—and because of this they do get better.

If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.

Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Impressive, most impressive.

Always do more than is required of you.

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

Un bon projet exécuté tout de suite vaut mieux qu'un excellent projet exécuté la semaine prochaine.

Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only thing anyone will remember, is how good they were. That's my main concern, and always will be.

I like simple things well-done and have no time to philosophize.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Against every great and noble endeavor stand a thousand mediocre minds.

My brave fellows, you have done all what I asked you to, and more than could be reasonably expected.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

young—never settle for less than the spiritual and moral grandeur of which you're capable, with the help of God's grace.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

Why is it that we reward programmers who work all night to remove the errors they put into their programs, or managers who make drastic organizational changes to resolve the crises their poor management has created? Why not reward the programmers who design so well that they don't have dramatic errors, and managers whose organizations stay out of crisis mode? Organizing