Quotes About Excellence

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

How many of us, who are engaged in the Lord's holy service, are secretly cherishing some proud purpose of excelling other men, of making a name, of securing money and applause.

It's so hard to actually get the money to make your movie. When you actually have the chance to do it, you have to be absolutely ruthless in order to make the best movie you can make.

Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.

The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.

The way to get things done is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done.

I like to give people more than their money's worth.

Is this a great country, or what?

If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

For as the old saying is, When house and land are gone and spent Then learning is most excellent.

You can build an ordinary hot dog stand or you can build a spectacular one, and you can do it sometimes without that much difference in money - if somebody thinks about it.

The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.

You have to make something good. Just because all the hot actors show up and the money is there and the explosives are ready, it doesn't matter.

And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.

The goal of Apple is not to make money but to make really nice products, really great products.

A lot of things seem to be worth almost no money. but if you do them very well, and they help people fill a need, there's a great business you can build around that.