Excellence Quotes · Page 80

Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.

— Wilferd Peterson

When people freely identify with their work and find themselves through it, excellence follows.

— Ted Malloch

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Champions realise that defeat - and learning from it even more than from winning - is part of the path to mastery.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Well, if you're talking about perfection, I'll show you the image of my backside.

— Onew

A team can have quality but it's also about personality and how they can grow.

— Michael Ballack

One can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master.

— Oliver $

A revelation is to be received as coming from God, not because of its internal excellence, or because we judge it to…

— William Law

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it…

— Jascha Heifetz

Demand perfection of yourself and you'll seldom attain it. Fear of making a mistake is the biggest single cause of making one.…

— Lloyd Winter

I've always wanted Sundial Brands to be an inspiration to other minority-owned companies of how a business against all odds can achieve…

— Richelieu Dennis

Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things…

— Vince Lombardi

A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging;…

— Joy Browne

“Break away from the box confining you. Positive dreamers do not follow the status quo. They keep raising the standard of the…

— Israelmore Ayivor

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like…

— Anonymous

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

— Jane Austen

Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals.

— Franz Grillparzer

Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are.

— Richard Bach

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to…

— Pearl S. Buck

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'm always picking at what's wrong and trying to correct it so that my game will…

— Chipper Jones

Excellence Matters. Excellent people. Excellent vision. Excellent marketing. Excellent strategies.

— Jeff Henderson

Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

— Sun Tzu

A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

— Richard Jefferies

“Perfection lies in intensity, and what is most intense cannot be endured long.”

— Walter Kaufmann

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

— Philip James Bailey

The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me.

— George Peppard

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

— Mia Hamm

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

— Tyra Banks

There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming wrong at first.

— John Updike

It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.

— Patrick Cox

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

— Abner Leslie

“There is no limit to how good you can get in pursuit of perfection.”

— Sachin Kumar Puli

the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

— Henry Fielding

Success weakens and failure strengthens and together they remove imperfections to bring excellence in making life worthwhile.

— Anuj Somany

“Progress is the goal, the ideal is the type. What is this ideal? It is God. Ideal, absolute, perfection, infinity: identical words.”

— Victor Hugo

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

— Brian Tracy

I realize that I am no longer able to adhere to the unwavering standard of excellence that professional football demands.

— Leighton Vander Esch

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

— Marva Collins