There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. — Liberty Hyde Bailey Copy Share Image
“Absolute perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing to add, but nothing to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“Integrity is never given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
I have a conscience about my work and try to turn out a good piece of craftsmanship. — Catherine Gaskin Copy Share Image
Ancient masters of excellence had a subtle essence, and a depth too profound to comprehend. — Laozi Copy Share Image
The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on. — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts.… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday… — Charles Sheldon Copy Share Image
There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What ever life & circumstances give you, even it hurts you, never scumb, be strong enough to make your way of success.Remember… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead,--dead in trespasses… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
There's no grand excellence to it. In my experience it was just almost the gulaggy boringness of it that'll kill you. You're… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
'Live each day as if it is your last,' said Mahatma Gandhi. 'Learn as if you'll live forever.' This is what I'm… — Benjamin B. Dunlap Copy Share Image
I've always thought that you just make everything as best as you can, and then, one day, people will look objectively at… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several… — Plato Copy Share Image
I would not say that Harvard possesses any sort of absolute dominance. And I personally do not take the rankings of schools… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to… — Jean Aitchison Copy Share Image
“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
