Quotes About Quality

Over the years, we have come to identify quality in a college not by whom it serves but by how many students it excludes. Let us not be a sacred priesthood protecting the temple, but rather the fulfillers of dreams.

Sell cheap and that's what people will think of you. Loss leaders lose. Customers look for price and value and service and quality and convenience. And you'd better give it to them or someone else will.

The variable that marks some periods as barren and some as rich in prophetic vision is in the interest, the level of seeking, the responsiveness of the hearers. The variable is not in the presence or absence or the relative quality and force of the prophetic voices. The prophet grows in stature as people respond to his message...It is the seekers, then, who make the prophet.

In the context of religious leadership, tinkering with structure is not a first choice of means for building or sustaining quality in an institution. Leadership is the prime concern!

A foundation is essentially a group of trustees who manage a pool of uncommitted funds that can be used for a wide range of socially beneficial purposes. This is a very privileged role, not just for what can be accomplished by giving money, but for the opportunity for the foundation to make of itself a model of institutional quality, integrity, and effectiveness.

Life is short, no use wasting it with bad people.

The difference between and amateur and a professional.. a professional believes if a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. An amateur believes if a job is worth doing, it very well may be worth doing badly.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

Quality storytelling inspires quality dialogue.

No one needs yet another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers. We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding principles that liberate talent. No matter where a film is made—Hollywood, Paris, Hong Kong—if it's of archetypal quality, it triggers a global and perpetual chain reaction of pleasure that carries it from cinema to cinema, generation to generation.

Cualquiera que desee mejorar la calidad de su mundo interior y exterior hará bien en agarrar un papel y ponerse a escribir sus objetivos.

Invest in the finest books you can buy, and you'll be rewarded in multiples. Eat fantastic food of the highest caliber, even if all you can currently afford is an excellent starter salad at a luxurious local restaurant.

La calidad se recuerda mucho tiempo después de haber olvidado el precio».

no olvides que lo que cuenta es la calidad del sueño, no la cantidad. Es mejor dormir seis horas seguidas profundamente, que diez horas dando vueltas en la cama.

Read regularly. Reading for thirty minutes a day will do wonders for you. But I must caution you. Do not read just anything. You must be very selective about what you put into the lush garden of your mind. It must be immensely nourishing. Make it something that will improve both you and the quality of your life.

A genius idea alone has zero value. What makes it priceless is the quality of follow-through and the speed of execution around the genius idea

And in my personal life, it's the same thing: I only eat the best food, though I don't eat a lot of it. I only read the most original and thoughtful books, spend my time in the most light-filled and inspiring of spaces and visit the most enchanting of places. And when it comes to relationships, I only surround myself with human beings who fuel my joy, stoke my peace and excite me to become a better man.

In my businesses, I only allow in top players, because you can't have an A-level company with C-level performers.

Less is more, you know? You're attempting too much. Geniuses understand that it's smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.

Y en mi vida personal, hago lo mismo: solo como la mejor comida, aunque en pequeñas cantidades; solo leo los libros más originales y profundos; paso el tiempo en los espacios más luminosos e inspiradores y visito los lugares más fascinantes.

The quality of your life ultimately is shaped by the quality of your choices and decisions.

no matter what you have achieved, no matter how many summer homes you own, no matter how many cars sit in your driveway, the quality of your life will come down to the quality of your contribution.

the quality of your morning practice determines the caliber of your daily performance

The grade of work you offer to the world reflects the strength of the respect you have for yourself. Those with unfathomable personal esteem wouldn't dare send out anything average. It would diminish them too much.