Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else. — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
“Human tragedies: We all want to be extraordinary and we all just want to fit in. Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in.” — Sebastyne Young Copy Share Image
Excellence is a lifestyle, not an event. Continuing to execute one thing at a time, excellently defines who you will become. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spirit Math: The quality of your life equals the ratio of appreciation to complaint. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive. — Arlene Croce Copy Share Image
New laboratories and centers will help our schools lift their standards of excellence and explore new methods of teaching. These centers will… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
Happiness is the offspring of concentrated action. Excellence is achieved through the progressive realization of incremental goals along the path of your… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a… — George Will Copy Share Image
Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There's the saying that perfect is the enemy of great, because if you strive for perfection you'll maybe never ship. There's a… — Michael Morhaime Copy Share Image
“Human perfection and technical perfection are incompatible. If we strive for one, we must sacrifice the other: there is, in any case,… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK,… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Participation in the collective life of the polis both restrains the extraordinary individual and enlarges the ordinary individual, allowing him to participate… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Perfectionism can definitely go both ways, that's for sure. Pursuing excellence is usually a pretty positive notion, and it's important to continue… — Iga Swiatek Copy Share Image
