Excellence Quote by Jonathan Franzen Download Open image “Deploring other people--their lack of perfection--had always been our sport.” — Jonathan Franzen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence People Perfection Sports
As athletes, you always know that mistakes happen, and not everyone is perfect, and you can't be perfect. — Katelyn Ohashi Copy Share Image
That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
No one is perfect, and no one should be made to feel like they have to be perfect. It's nice that we all have… — Ellyse Perry Copy Share Image
Part of being an athlete is constantly striving for more. We're looking for perfection in a world where that doesn't exist. No matter what… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
You're never perfect in this sport; there is always something to learn. — Daniel Ricciardo Copy Share Image
If I were to be critical of the sport in our country in general, I think we have failed ourselves miserably because everyone is… — Jesse Marsch Copy Share Image
“We wouldn’t play if we knew the whole game was impossible, so perfectionism promises us that we just need to follow some secret rules.… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
“When you chase perfection, when you make perfection the ultimate goal, do you know what you’re doing? You’re chasing something that doesn’t exist. You’re… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone will ever be able to perfect the sport, and that's kind of what I love about it. You're always chasing… — Caeleb Dressel Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed to be… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Birds were what became of dinosaurs. Those mountains of flesh whose petrified bones were on display at the Museum of Natural History had done… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Can a better kind of fiction save the world? There’s always some tiny hope (strange things do happen), but the answer is almost certainly… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
A big part of me would be very proud never having anything of mine adapted, because if you want the real experience, there's only… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I dont see how you could… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“I'm saying the structure and f the entire culture is flawed, chip said. I'm saying the bureaucracy has arrogated the right to define certain… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“An odd thing about beauty, however, is that it's absence tends not to arouse our sympathy as much as other forms of privation do.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“It was this motley band of modest peeps and plovers on the beach who reminded me of the human beings I loved best -… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
