Motivational Quotes

Excellence

The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action.

- Godin, Andre

Best Quotes about 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

Good enough never is.

Field, Debbi

We must do the best we can with what we have.

Sill, Edward Rowland

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Washington, Booker T.

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

Brown Jr., H. Jackson

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

Sands, Bill

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Carlyle, Thomas

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

Darwin, Francis

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

10.

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Berry, Wendell

11.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Kingsley, Charles

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

Mcdonald, John

13.

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.

Watson, Thomas J.

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It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing.

Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi

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

Schwartz, David J.

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Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

Rorty, Richard

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I can do small things in a great way.

Clarke, James Freeman

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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

John F. Kennedy

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It isn't by size that you win or fail -- be the best of whatever you are.

Malloch, Douglas

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

Mead, Shepherd

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A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.

Woolf, Virginia

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I start where the last man left off.

Edison, Thomas A.

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Excellence is best described as doing the right things right -- selecting the most important things to be done and then accomplishing them 100% correctly.

24.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

Shana Alexander

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

Olivier, Sir Lawrence

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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Pearl Buck

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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

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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

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

Powers, Melvin

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Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step on them.

Benson, Ivan

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

Marden, Orison Swett

34.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

Hurt, William

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Strive for excellence, not perfection.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Wooden, John

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I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Mansfield, Katherine

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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can reach. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries and predecessors; try to be better than yourself.

39.

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

O'Connor, Flannery

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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Watson, Thomas J.

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It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

Hill, Napoleon

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Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Robinson, James H.

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Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Gardner, John W.

44.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Hill, Napoleon

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I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away.

Fields, Debbie

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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

Trevino, Lee

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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Riley, Pat

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One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.

Brown, Les

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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do -- they always reach.

Iacocca, Lee

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It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.

Marden, Orison Swett