Excellence Quotes · Page 98

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

— Theognis of Megara

Greatness is not so much a certain size as a certain quality in your life.

— Phillips Brooks

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.”

— Steve Jobs

It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.

— Horace Bushnell

If you're holding onto negative stuff from before, you cannot deliver excellence.

— Robert Forster

Whatever you need to increase the quality of your sleep is really, really important.

— Harley Pasternak

A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read…

— Mark Twain

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

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

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

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

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

Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be 'all in.' Continue to apply 'best is the standard.' Continue…

— Dabo Swinney

“When God calls you to build 100 castles on earth and you built 98, take the 99th as if it's the begining…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“For those few minutes I experienced a feeling of complete mastery, a perfect, unstable equilibrium. The kind of perfection that belongs only…

— Gianrico Carofiglio

Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

— Brian Tracy

I believe my main quality is my speed, and that can help to open games up.

— Jesus Navas

The five excellences include: calligraphy, painting, poetry, medicine, and t'ai chi chuan.

— Cheng Man-ch'ing

I like simple, I like quality, and I like less. Do I like a certain aesthetic? Yeah.

— Tomas Maier

When work is no more than a means to an end, it cannot be of high quality.

— Eckhart Tolle

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

— Thomas A. Edison

To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.

— Dag Hammarskjold

Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.

— William J. Clinton

“Pay attention to your goals and never let the euphoria of the early success convince you to brag about.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Excuses allow you to be less than your best self. Excellence allows you to become your best self.”

— Robert V. Joseph

“Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are.”

— Allan Lokos

Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but…

— Paul Cezanne

“It's not your perfection that makes you an angel; it's your intention.”

— Alberto Agraso and Mony Dojeiji

To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what…

— Bruce Lee

“Dream big and dare to make it happen. You have a heavy power; don’t misuse it carrying a paperweight load. Make it…

— Israelmore Ayivor

People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.

— Anonymous

You know what I think my best quality is? I think I'm nice to have around. I'd hate it if I weren't…

— Charles M. Schulz

Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a…

— Denis Waitley

“Maybe, just maybe, the perfection of the world was found in the imperfection.”

— Peter Monn

The best part of the character and quality of the leader is expressing who you are in the work you do and…

— Frances Hesselbein

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

— Anonymous

Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.

— Melody Beattie