Quotes About Excellence

As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper prosperity, all of which are convertible into standards concerned only with size or magnitude rather than quality or excellence.

The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence.

Ueli Steck, I'm absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself.

I have extremely high standards.

I would love to work on a film which would be close to Hollywood standards.

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts.

When I see my staff take a step back because I've lost my cool about something food-related, I say never apologise for your standards. If someone doesn't meet them, then you should explain that and that you want it changed. I want my staff to be like that, too.

Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher.

For me, it's just about keeping the standards up. We're a small country, so we have to punch above our weight. I'm not a great man for doing something just because it's Irish, and you never know what's going to work. But as long as we keep the standards up, people will continue to invest in films. It's as simple as that.

On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.

I hold myself to the highest of standards.

KPMG is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, , and quality, and we are dedicated to the capital markets we serve.

The most difficult thing is to make sure the standards remain high in each restaurant.

It's very painful to lose, and it's a very difficult process to go through, especially at a place like UCLA where the standards are very high.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

My expectation levels are probably higher than what's achievable. But I have to keep pushing the standards.

At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.

I set higher standards than anyone and don't need anyone to tell me when I've played badly or not had a good game.

I've always tried to set my standards high on a daily basis.

I have got lots of confidence in my own ability and I know I have got to keep up my standards.

I know I have exacting standards.

You set standards so things can be measured and done at a championship level.

My parents set high standards. It wasn't okay if you got a B.