Excellence Quotes · Page 68

“I'm a bit of a perfectionist, it turns out. Who knew?”

— Blake Nelson

Focus on the quality of the things you do, instead of the quantity.

— Suman Rai

Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.

— William Shakespeare

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.

— Sara Teasdale

I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection

— Drake

The universe doesn't allow perfection.

— Stephen Hawking

The eye always fills in the imperfections.

— Rabih Alameddine

Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.

— Robin Sharma

“There are structure and strategies in leadership but you can add excellence and perfection to it.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable.

— Oprah Winfrey

When your looking for a friend don't look for perfection, just look for friendship.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Essential qualities for successful life are sincerity, determination, integrity, courtesy, wisdom, humility and charity.

— Anil Sinha

A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence.

— Roger Zelazny

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

— Sallust

'You are a master of the words you don't say and a slave to the ones you do!'

— Anonymous

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

— Steve Jobs

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light… He who works for sweetness and light united, works to…

— Matthew Arnold

One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity.…

— Edwin Catmull

“Let us concentrate all our efforts on achieving perfection through the imperfect gestures of everyday life. True wisdom means respecting the simple…

— Paulo Coelho

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Perfection is the lowest standard out there because it is unattainable. Be the best you can but don’t try to be someone…

— Mensah Oteh

I am a very instinctive Conservative. I have created a welfare system where it pays to work. I have created independent schools…

— David Cameron

“...the special quality of works of Art being to produce the momentary conviction that anything else whatever could not possibly be so…

— M.P. Shiel

I'm a big perfectionist, and I like to make sure everything 120 percent, from the production to the vocal performance to the…

— Cody Simpson

You want perfection, go to a bowling alley!

— John Calipari

“Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood.”

— Asa Don Brown

A man reacheth not to excellence with one language.

— Roger Ascham

Begin now what you will be hereafter.

— St. Jerome

Mastery is the natural result of mindfulness.

— Ron Kurtz

“Without imperfection [...] there would be no story.”

— Ernest Kurtz

I'm a better cook and more of a perfectionist than my mother.

— Alexis Stewart

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

— Oprah Winfrey

Growth is possible only if there is imperfection

— Anonymous

Perfection is everything that we are not but all pretend to be.

— Sashauni Aaeliyae

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

— Dolly Parton

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

— Henry Ford

Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.

— Oscar Nunez

“Perfection is found in the doing, not in the results.”

— Clay Mitchell

“Negotiation is permissible for mediocrity not for excellence.”

— Amit Kalantri

You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film,

— Herbert Lom