Excellence Quotes

990 quotes by 650 authors

Love is the source of our greatest errors; but when it is even partially refined it is the energy and the passion of the soul… — Iris Murdoch
As a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellence with one tongue. — Roger Ascham
No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work… — Thomas Carlyle
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices… — Alexander Hamilton
It's for management to enthuse & motivate employees towards excellence in service; the profit incentive doesn't last — Phil Harding
If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define… — John F. Kennedy
But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And… — Andy Hertzfeld
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process. — Jerry Moran
My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence. — John Kluge
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. — Ambrose Bierce
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 just in this… — Neko Case
Nobody I know is as committed to excellence as Donald Palmisano. He symbolizes everything that is good about our country. If Horatio Alger were alive… — Paul Galanti
And with a few moments like that, with doubt from here and there, and within ourselves we were just striving for excellence. We had somehow… — JÃ¸rn Utzon
I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over. — Jay-Z
Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration. — Louise Brooks
If you strive for excellence, success will follow — Shreya Ghoshal
In any democracy, there is always a tug-of-war between policies to achieve equality and policies to promote excellence. I am certain that Canada can achieve… — John Turner
The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of… — Victor Hugo
My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth of… — Bill Russell

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