Quotes About Excellence

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

A scholar who loves comfort is not worthy of the name.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.

What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

Perfection is in the little things

Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing -- all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art -- at the door.

This acknowledging disposition in the governor made them all acknowledge, that he was truly "a man of an excellent spirit." In fine, the victories of an Alexander, an Hannibal, or a Caesar over other men, were not so glorious as the victories of this great man over himself, which also at last proved victories over other men.

Inspire them to want so much more than what's normal.

To be great at a few things and experience it, you have to say no to many things.

What do you miss, no longer working at Toyota?" He replied, "No longer discussing perfection with people.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

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.

To achieve excellence, we must also consider and work with what is not apparent, with what cannot be seen. We must journey into the complex world of subtle energies.

When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is you're given.

I try to be the best version of me that I can be, whether it's acting or on a personal level.

In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.

I want to develop a championship culture that's filled with high-character people that are dedicated to becoming the best versions of themselves.

I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.

One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors?

My goal is to create one of the greatest companies that's ever existed, and that has everything to do with the people, the culture, and what our core values are versus what we build or how we're perceived out in the market.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

I was being singled out as the best in the class at this, that and the other, nearly always to do with art. And then I was a very good swimmer from a very early age, and once again the best in the class, and when I was about five or six, I was the best in the school.