Quotes about excellence

"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence
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"The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence   

"Superiority -- doing things a little better than anybody else can do them."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence   

"Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence   

"People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others so them, but always a little better. They always pushed things that came to their hands a little higher up, this little farther on, that counts in the quality of life's work. It is constant effort to be first-class in everything one attempts that conquers the heights of excellence."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence   

"Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark..."

Marden, Orison Swett on excellence   

"To do the right thing, at the right time, in the right way; to do some things better than they were ever done before; to eliminate errors; to know both sides of the question; to be courteous; to be an example; to work for the love of work; to anticipate requirements; to develop resources; to recognize no impediments; to master circumstances; to act from reason rather than rule; to be satisfied with nothing short of perfection."

Marshall Field & Company on excellence   

"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."

Maugham, W. Somerset on excellence   

"To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world."

Mcdonald, John on excellence   

"Become all that you are capable of becoming!"

Mckain, Robert J. on excellence   

"If we want to make something really superb on this planet, there is nothing whatever that can stop us."

Mead, Shepherd on excellence   

"Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in."

Meyer, Paul J. on excellence   

"The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both."

Michener, James A. on excellence   

"There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it."

Mill, John Stuart on excellence   

"Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the best in your chosen field, whatever it is."

Mitchell, Don G. on excellence   

"People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it."

Newton, Howard W. on excellence   

"To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on excellence
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"There is no finish line."

Nike Corporation on excellence   

"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."

O'Connor, Flannery on excellence   

"Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work."

Ogilvy, David on excellence   

"Don't waste your time striving for perfection, instead, strive for excellence -- doing your best."

Olivier, Sir Lawrence on excellence
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"People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds."

Owens, Jesse on excellence   

"Excellent firms don't believe in excellence -- only in constant improvement and constant change."

Peters, Thomas J. on excellence
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"Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified."

Peterson, Wilferd A. on excellence   

"No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things."

Pollock, Channing on excellence   

"You must be resolutely determined that whatever you do shall always be the best of which you are capable."

Popplestone, Charles E. on excellence   

"The uncommon man is merely the common man thinking and dreaming of success in larger terms and in more fruitful areas."

Powers, Melvin on excellence
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"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better."

Riley, Pat on excellence
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"Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best."

Robinson, James H. on excellence
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"If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just."

Roddick, Anita on excellence   

"Always strive to excel, but only on weekends."

Rorty, Richard on excellence   

"I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know."

Sanders, Col. Harland on excellence   

"Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want."

Sands, Bill on excellence   

"All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them."

Schwab, Charles M. on excellence   

"The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: Do more of what you do..."

Schwartz, David J. on excellence   

"When you say you'll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word."

Scott, Charles Prestwich on excellence   

"There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial."

Scott, Sir Walter on excellence   

"It is quality rather than quantity that matters."

Seneca on excellence
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"Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling."

Shakespeare, William on excellence   

"When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness."

Shakespeare, William on excellence