“Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think? Perfectionism is a hustle.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past. — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I can't stand satisfaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection. — Mike Schmidt Copy Share Image
When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to… — Francis Turner Palgrave Copy Share Image
Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this. — Dogen Copy Share Image
In order to deal with the chaos that exists in the world today, you need some grounding. That grounding best comes from… — Michael Ray Copy Share Image
“It's not your perfection that makes you an angel; it's your intention.” — Alberto Agraso and Mony Dojeiji Copy Share Image
You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Perfection itself is boring; it's only everything leading up to it that's interesting.” — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Life is the greatest art of all, and the master artist is the man who is living the beautiful life. — John Edgar Park Copy Share Image
We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
Respect every person, keep your promises, stay happy and be positive, love one another. These are our deepest source of power and… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
“Sow the seeds of hard work and you will reap the fruits of success. Find something to do, do it with all… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“I think kindness, out of all virtues, is the best quality to have.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Nature and art: The material and the workmanship. There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous,… — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about! And it comes… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I… — Clara Hughes Copy Share Image
In writing, as in life, faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit, and may be sometimes recommended… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
