Excellence Quotes · Page 81

Size is the enemy of excellence in investment banking, particularly when you are trying to put together two different cultures.

— Henry Paulson

Your personal brand is a promise to your clients... a promise of quality, consistency, competency, and reliability.

— Jason Hartman

“We must be the ones to re-define the world class standards of excellence”

— Fela Durotoye

Disruption starts with committing to excellence and taking a stand for your customer.

— Lewis Howes

“The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Good leaders always bring about transformation... Bad leaders only maintain and preserve long standing mediocrity!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“...but you have to remind yourself that perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”

— Anne Lamott

Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.

— Robin Sharma

For a start-up company, it is all about the religion of the product's excellence - the success of the product - while…

— Noam Bardin

Mastery means responsibility, ability to respond in real time to the need of the moment. Intuitive or inspired living means not just…

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

“Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of…

— John Tiffany

“A perfectionist will work on a task or project until he or she feels it is perfect. The downside of doing so…

— Damon Zahariades

In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary…

— Ralph Marston

I admire people who can spend every aspect of their life in one discipline and really go all the way. I feel…

— Robert Lepage

The first award that I recall having received was in the form of a scholarship when I was studying in the 5th…

— Pankaj Patel

We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the…

— Price Pritchett

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

— Barack Obama

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.

— Tom Walker

Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

— Gerald May

I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and…

— Faye Wattleton

“How many things by season season'd are, To their right praise and true perfection!”

— William Shakespeare

Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.

— Anonymous

Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.

— Peter Senge

“Achieving perfection will never happen, setting and achieving goals will, once we stop reaching for perfection.”

— Joe Mehl

Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.

— Douglas Merrill

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.

— Anonymous

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

— Jane Austen

“There were far worse strategies in life than to try to make each aspect of one's existence a minor work of art.”

— Pat Conroy

Lack of respect for the worker. This nourishes disconnection, fear, anger, phoniness, and all the bad stuff that impedes excellence.

— Edward Hallowell

Your children are the most precious gift, prime example of perfection, and clearly an accurate definition of pure; unconditional love.

— Joseph Mercado

The master who loved most of all, endured the most and proved his love by his endurance.

— Hugh B. Brown

Everything is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

— Steve Jobs

Virginia's public schools have long enjoyed a reputation for academic excellence.

— Glenn Youngkin

Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has…

— Aeschylus

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

— George Leonard

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

— Isaac D'Israeli

“Excellence is a custom at the land of greatness, it drives our culture.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

— Mike Krzyzewski

“Always check your time and ask if you are moving closer or away from your greatness”

— Sunday Adelaja