Excellence Quotes · Page 99

In the imagination, Harlem will always be the spiritual capital of black excellence in America.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.

— Irving Chernev

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

— Saadi

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with…

— Walter Dean Myers

“Even as damaged as I knew he was, this gorgeous man was my perfection.”

— A.L. Jackson

You're master of what you've lived, artisan at what you're living, amateur at what's next to live.

— Richard Bach

Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.

— W. Edwards Deming

He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his…

— Samuel Johnson

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of…

— Buck Rodgers

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink…

— Anonymous

Imperfections are important.Just as mistakes are. You only get to be good by learning from mistakes, and you get to be real…

— Anonymous

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider…

— Craig Zadan

“The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms…

— Mark Twain

Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price…

— Richard Hofstadter

The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries…

— Max Lerner

In the grand scheme of things it's our imperfections that make us perfect.

— Ne-Yo

I was something that is always hated in Hollywood - a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.

— Fritz Lang

Happiness is the exercise of one's vital abilities along lines of excellence in a life that affords them scope

— Greek Proverb

I know how to go, go, go. Stopping, I've learned is the stuff of mastery.

— Danielle LaPorte

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“You can be anything you want to be; it all depends on how you convert your time”

— Sunday Adelaja

“When you marry operating excellence with innovation, you multiply the value of your creativity.”

— Jim Collins

Your imperfections make you perfect, your insecurities make you secure, but your flaws...They make you flawless.

— Raghib Clitso

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

— John W. Gardner

A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope…

— Sid Caesar

Average is the enemy of excellence, and average commitment will prevent you from enduring to the end.

— Kevin W. Pearson

You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context.

— Jose Mourinho

“Life isn’t about obtaining some form of perfection, but it’s about enjoying each leg of the journey.”

— Asa Don Brown

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them…

— Marcus Aurelius

Excellence in our society is less a product of conflict and hostility than of collaboration.

— Lance Secretan

I wouldn't say that I'm a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, but I wouldn't say that I'm brilliant at any.

— Noel Clarke

The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.

— Chris Rock

The perfect time will never come; never wait for perfection just make it

— Anonymous

All the goodness, beauty, and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.

— Georgette Leblanc

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to…

— William Faulkner

The achievement of excellence can only occur if the organization promotes a culture of creative dissatisfaction.

— Lawrence M. Miller

“Until you make a resolution to convert your time, greatness will just be a mirage and fiction”

— Sunday Adelaja

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

— Abiola Abrams