Quotes About Achievement

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.

Excellence does not require perfection.

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

If we commit ourselves to the successful completion of a task, then we personify excellence.

Persons with a talent who never practice excellence are the worst enemies of themselves.

The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?

Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Excellence always sells.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.

I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.

Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence.

If you don't seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.