Quotes on Excellence

There is only one boss. The customer.

Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.

Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?

Intensity is the price of excellence.

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few are formed with abilities to discover new possibilities of excellence, and to distinguish themselves by means never tried before.

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words.

The education of attention would be an education par excellence

The race for excellence has no finish line.

Commit to Excellence. Become massively innovative and wear your passion on your sleeve. They might call you different or weird or even crazy. But please remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered.

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them.

Process improvement programs are like teaching people how to fish. Strategy maps and scorecards teach people where to fish.

The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

There is no excellency without difficulty.

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.

Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.