You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Reducing our dependence on foreign energy - that is critically important to America's economic future. Excellence in education - if we're not… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very… — Victoria de los Angeles Copy Share Image
I think the foremost quality - there's no success without it - is really loving what you do. If you love it,… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you.… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
“Quality is a cycle of repeatedly meeting customer expectation until the customer begins to expect more, and then meeting those expectations.” — Chris J. Kortright Copy Share Image
Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
If we pretend to have reached either perfection or satisfaction, we have degraded ourselves and our work. God's work only may express… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
“If you let your man-made actions to be more frequent than your man-said words you will travail with praise in man-win visions.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their… — Horace Copy Share Image
To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
My fabulous architect godfather and mentor told me once that striving toward a goal - or perfection - gives one focus and… — Catherine Stock Copy Share Image
Anyone can be a teacher or professor, but not everyone can influence you to strive for excellence and make a difference in… — Curtis White Copy Share Image
Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you… — Mike Ditka Copy Share Image
“...the greater objective (representative) perfection there is in our idea of a thing, the greater also must be the perfection of its… — René Descartes Copy Share Image
Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Intelligence is an elegance of excellence with an endurance of empathy, efficiency and effervescence of self-reliance with self-confidence besides an effective respect… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It… — Bruce Henderson Copy Share Image
I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with… — Anthony Evans Copy Share Image
I'm not a perfectionist, but I like discipline. I'm obedient, but I'm not a perfectionist. I think it's important to work your… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
“Effort is the foundation of all achievements and is the single greatest competitive advantage and quality you must consistently apply to achieve… — Mensah Oteh Copy Share Image
Perfect taste is the faculty of receiving the greatest possible pleasure from those material sources which are attractive to oar moral nature… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“To ensure quality, then, excellence must be an earned word, attributed by others to us, not proclaimed by us about ourselves. It… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“When you feel that others are lacking and failing … first assess the skill, style, quality, results, mindset, support, professionalism and spirit… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit hat absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or… — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
When folks get to the best of their profession, people are like, "Who am I to give a critique to this individual… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
