Quotes About Excellence

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

Trifles make perfection - and perfection is no trifle.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Her voice was ever soft, Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

The work praises the man.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.

Excellence costs a great deal.

I can write better than anyone who can write faster, and I can write faster than anyone who can write better.

If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.

Mr. Ail-American

Michael Jordan didn't become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn't become a great painter because he dreamed that one day his paintings would sell for $50 million.

for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

I don't want to be in the same weight division where it's almost looking like who's the better fighter? Who's the better twin?

I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or whatever.

To be number one, you must train like you are number two.

We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.

Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.

I want to be on the All-Defensive team, be rookie of the year, make the All-Star team, all that type of stuff.

I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me.

In the end, we don't believe in launching any type of product if it isn't perfect in our eyes.

Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We are fantastically good at identifying and developing athletic skills - better than we are, really, at almost anything else. We are quite good at developing and rewarding inventiveness.

Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.