Quotes About Achievement

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

All excellence is equally difficult.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way.

Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

The achievement of excellence can only occur if the organization promotes a culture of creative dissatisfaction.

Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.

Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.

James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.

There is no excellency without difficulty.

Belief is the mother of reality. Excellence is a state of mind.

The pathway to educational excellence lies within each school.

All human excellence is but comparative — there are persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence!

You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out.

Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually distinct . . . and are experienced differently.