Quotes About Quality

No matter how great the rose variety or the quality of the plant, if put in a less-than-ideal location, you'll be waging an uphill battle. A very simple way to have success with roses is to consider

Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way. I think that approach is a mistake, and if we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgements. We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that — sometimes — we're better off that way.

when you remove time, de becker says, you are subject to the lowest-quality intuitive reaction

In the past generation, the American educational system has decided not to seek the very best teachers, give them lots of kids to teach, and pay them more—which would help children the most. It has decided to hire every teacher it can get its hands on and pay them less.

We all want to believe that the key to making an impact on someone lies with the inherent quality of the ideas we present.

The one thing that all educational researchers agree about is that teacher quality matters far more than the size of the class. A great teacher can teach your child a year and a half's material in one year. A below-average teacher might teach your child half a year's material in one year.

Teacher effects dwarf school effects: your child is actually better off in a bad school with an excellent teacher than in an excellent school with a bad teacher.

Neither Masten nor Rhea believes that clever packaging allows a company to put out a bad-tasting product. The taste of the product itself matters a great deal. Their point is simply that when we put something in our mouth and in that blink of an eye decide whether it tastes good or not, we are reacting not only to the evidence from our taste buds and salivary glands but also to the evidence of our eyes and memories and imaginations

The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

It's our decisions, not our conditions, that ultimately shape the quality of our lives.

Better to lose money in a good company rather than making money in a bad one.

Do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

When you're busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer.

There's no secret to success, but if there were one, it would be that your decisions create your success or lack of it and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.

The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the decisions you make each day.

Time does not create changes, wisdom does. Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.

The quality of your decisions can only be improved if you improve all these factors.

Decisions create success, and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.

Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.

Your life is a picture of the decisions and choices you have made in the past, and your future depends on the quality of the decisions you make today and tomorrow.

Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life.

How you receive and respond to moments determines the quality of your life.

Your success is hidden in the quality of your decisions and the consistency of your actions.

What does easy or hard have to do with anything? Excellence is your standard.