Quotes About Excellence

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

Phil. 4:8). Notice that Paul doesn't limit that principle to spiritual things; he says if anything is excellent. Paul is telling us to train our tastes to love the higher things-things that challenge our mind, deepen our character, and foster a love of excellence-and this includes the music we listen to, the books and magazines we read, the films we watch, the forms of worship we employ.

Competition is good, and the only way to win is to try a little harder than everybody else in the game. The sooner young people find that out, the better off they'll be.

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

Achieving excellence is being passionate about what you're doing and working so hard that they have to hire two people to replace you.

As an answer on any test, the best of you will always be better than the least of you.

Good is good and enough is enough, but good enough is not…

Ask yourself: What is the best I can do? And then do that.

Work hard. Do good. Be incredible.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Excel in your field: Whatever you do, try to be the best at it. There is too much mediocrity all around and we have learnt to live with it. However, awesomeness has no place for mediocrity. And do not confuse excellence with elitism. Being excellent at your work is different from considering yourself superior to others.

Societies that value excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity do well.

Our society respects power, not excellence or integrity. Power-driven systems resemble the jungle. The

Societies that value excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity do well. If we want India to be rich, we have to value excellence and honesty first. This is where a reset, a re-prioritization of something very core to society is required. This core is our values.

everyone has a right to prosper and succeed through hard work, innovation and excellence. We

Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.

Virtue's the Paint that can make Wrinkles shine.

When developing and designing products that invite people to use them, just do it right from the start and put your heart into it. It's harder and it takes longer, but everyone wins in the end.

If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job.

By appreciation we make excellence in others belong to us as well.

I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off of you.

But people can not move a company toward competitive excellence if they are rewarded for meeting top-down accounting-based targets, not for continuously seeking better ways to satisfy customers, internal and external.