“...but you have to remind yourself that perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop. — Tom Walker Copy Share Image
Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery. — Gerald May Copy Share Image
I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
One can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master. — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first;… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
He who is not satisfied initially with his own creation has not made the thing actually good. But to be the best,… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
I am a perfectionist, and my immense respect for my fans and the public meant that the quality of my clothing had… — Walter Mercado Copy Share Image
There is a quality of life which lies always beyond the mere fact of life; and when we include the quality in… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
For me, I think it's important to spread Black queer joy and acknowledge Black queer excellence and the achievements that have been… — Bob the Drag Queen Copy Share Image
Self-belief is the first stage to build confidence and the ultimate stage for attaining excellence and in-between the man has to maintain… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very… — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
“The search for better, for more competent men, from the presidents of our great companies down to our household servants, was never… — Frederick Winslow Taylor Copy Share Image
Over time I learned that there are two very different satisfactions that you can have in your life. One is the satisfaction… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Of course, we need not be surprised if artistic excellence goes unrecognized on account of being unknown; but there should be the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
What quality is shared by all objects that provoke our aesthetic emotions? Only one answer seems possible— significant form. In each, lines… — Clive Bell Copy Share Image
I work hard and I have a standard of excellence - and I expect everyone at the Interior Department to meet that… — Ken Salazar Copy Share Image
We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties,… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
