Quotes About Excellence

All great art is praise.

To study one good master till you understand him will teach you more than a superficial acquaintance with a thousand: power of criticism does not consist in knowing the names or the manner of many painters, but in discerning the excellence of a few.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rival ship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Quality is more important than quantity as it is always the result of intelligent effort

When a collection of brilliant minds, attitudes, and talents come together... expect a masterpiece

I believe the first test of truly a great man is in his humility.

I'll do my best," Wilson said. "Your best got you stationed on the Clarke," Abumwe said. "Do better than that.

People will eat cheeseburgers, but very few people will eat crap. Don't serve up crap.

True innovation does not happen when we control creativity," Shai wrote in 2005, "but when we challenge, create shared vision, and passionately pursue excellence."3

Can no one imagine an incompetent Legend?

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.

It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

There you have the difference between greatness and mediocrity. It's not an uncommon disease. But it's nice for a mediocre man to know that greatness must be the loneliest state in the world.

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.

When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This helps you take the job seriously and do your best on everything you write.

It's nice for a mediocre man to know that greatness must be the loneliest state in the world.

Greatness is lonely and mediocre people feel consoled by that thought. One has to choose between greatness and mediocrity oneself and the responsibility is all theirs if they accept greatness.

in addition to eminence, superiority has two other qualities or rather three—simplicity, clarity and generosity.

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.

The Fifth Avenue Association awarded the Empire State Building its gold medal for design, which was "architecturally excellent from top to bottom.

I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

Chinese food in Texas is the best Chinese food in the United States except Boston.