The noblest search is the search for excellence. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Life is about the pursuit of excellence. That pursuit is probably more exciting to me now than ever. — Joe Rogan
Excellence must be pursued, it must be wooed with all of one’s might and every bit of effort that we have each day there’s a new encounter, each week is a new challenge. — Vince Lombardi
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. — Pat Riley
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect.
The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection. — Alan Kulwicki
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. — Aristotle
Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes. — Tom Peters
Excellence is the product of high aspirations and low ego. — Adam Grant
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker
Short Pursuit Of Excellence Quotes
People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. — Joel Osteen
It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence. — Matthew Kelly
Strive for perfection in everything you do. — Henry Royce
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. — John W. Gardner
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. — Matthew Arnold
If we commit ourselves to the successful completion of a task, then we personify excellence. — Nik Halik
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best. — Laurence Olivier
The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency. — Jim Tressel
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. — Rick Pitino
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. — George Will
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Allow yourself to be a beginner. No one starts off being excellent.
Pursue Excellence Quotes
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. — Nina Simone
If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed. — Deepak Chopra
Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can. — Chris Evert
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself. — D. A. Carson
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety. — Joshua Waitzkin
I was later to receive an excellent first two years' graduate education in the same University and then again was able to pursue my studies in the U.S. on a fellowship from the aforementioned fund. — Chen-Ning Yang
Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used. — Adam Clarke
Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful — Deepak Chopra
Demand perfection of yourself and you'll seldom attain it. Fear of making a mistake is the biggest single cause of making one. Relax - pursue excellence, not perfection. — Lloyd (Bud) Winter
I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Striving For Excellence Quotes
Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough — Henry Royce
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. — Pearl S. Buck
He played a near-perfect game, but to him, not perfect enough. — Tim Grover
It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.
Better work often comes from those striving for excellence than from those who have already achieved it. — Greg Brockman
Emulation is a handsome passion; it is enterprising, but just withal. It keeps a man within the terms of honor, and makes the contest for glory just and generous. He strives to excel, but it is by raising himself, not by depressing others. — Jeremy Collier
Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live. — Sandra Day O'Connor
Everyone excels in something in which another fails.
Your actions speak louder than words, so always strive for excellence in everything that you do. — Joe Rogan
Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. — Laurence Olivier
Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter. — Orison Swett Marden
It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential. — Brad Henry
Strive For Excellence Quotes
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. — Charles R. Swindoll
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude — Colin Powell
Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile. — Ed Bliss
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success. — Akhenaton
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. — Melody Beattie
It is up to the leader to create a healthy environment where people are not afraid to fail. Mistakes should be seen as an integral part of the organizational process. They are a normal part of striving for excellence. — Andrew Harvey
Be fearless in the pursuit of whats sets your soul on fire.
I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me. — Clara Hughes
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. — John W. Gardner
Leadership is no longer about your position.
It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference
You can lead without a title — Robin Sharma
Do your best at every job. Don't sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a passion for excellence. — Steve Jobs
Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow. — David Maister
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion. — Terry Orlick
Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. — Shaquille O'Neal
My path was simple: Follow your passion. Pour in your heart and soul. Settle for nothing less than excellence. And with enough hard work and faith in yourself, you can realize your dream. — Robert Mondavi
I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others.
A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share. — William Rosenberg
Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself. — Mark Twain
Bill Gates' Success Factors for Microsoft 1. Long-term Approach 2. Passion for Products and Technology 3. Teamwork 4. Results 5. Customer Feedback 6. Individual Excellence — Bill Gates
I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding. — Dave Bautista
Commitment To Excellence Quotes
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results. — Ken Blanchard
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. — Tom Landry
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? — Lou Holtz
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek. — Mario Andretti
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. — Mario Andretti
Have fun, because that's what life is all about. — Ryan Lochte
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity. — Buck Rodgers
Disruption starts with committing to excellence and taking a stand for your customer. — Lewis Howes
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. — Paul J. Meyer
Strive To Excel Quotes
Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. — Richard Rorty
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it. — Pat Riley
The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, nuerotic, and a terrible waste of time.
In all you do, always strive to acquire skills that make you stand out and excel. — Folorunsho Alakija
We always strive to be the best in the wage package. — James Sinegal
Set excellent performance as your standard and strive to achieve it each day — Brian Tracy
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place. — Bill Ford
Life is teleology par excellence; it is the intrinsic striving towards a goal, and the living organism is a system of directed aims which seek to fulfill themselves. — Carl Jung
Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to maintain. In fact, there was never such a year. The language of Chaucer's or Shakespeare's time was no better and no worse than that of our own - just different. — Jean Aitchison
We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free. — Newton N. Minow
Personal Excellence Quotes
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. — Warren Buffett
Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one .. I loved Frank Zappa ... I do think Van Halen reinvented the guitar ... he's an excellent musician, a shrewd guitarist and as a person he's wonderful. — Ritchie Blackmore
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. — Eddie Robinson
If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need. — Warren Buffett
Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts. Success is measured externally, by comparison to others, is often outside our control, and is perishable. — Joe Paterno
Your are more powerful than you know. Do not delay your journey to personal excellence. — Tom Bilyeu
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it ... Autograph your work with excellence. — Vince Lombardi
Your best shot at happiness, self-worth and personal satisfaction - the things that constitute real success - is not in earning as much as you can but in performing as well as you can something that you consider worthwhile. — William Raspberry
Persons with a talent who never practice excellence are the worst enemies of themselves. — Nelly Mazloum
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that law of which the person using the phrase approves[....] — Vilfredo Pareto
Academic Excellence Quotes
I was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got tenure early on. I really didn't deserve this; I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. — Paul Lansky
There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose...There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God. — Theodore Hesburgh
Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge for all learners. — E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world. — Dolly Parton
Universities have failed in their function of the pursuit of academic excellence by having dumbed down classes and granting degrees to students who are just barely literate and computationally incompetent. — Walter E. Williams
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. — Michelle Malkin
As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of papers published or patents received. Outsiders who swoop in to count beans and make up lists based on statistics have little sense of what excellence is. — Henry Rosovsky
I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy. — Sonja Sohn
I didn't have friends. No one talked to me. I used to go to the Wyndcroft School (nationally recognized for academic excellence) in Pottstown, and when I moved to Wyomissing, I didn't know anybody. — Taylor Swift
Pursuit Of Perfection Quotes
I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion. — Yohji Yamamoto
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck
Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring — Mario Testino
Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams. — Rudolf Dreikurs
I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection...I will always be learning. — Conor McGregor
Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own. — Isaac Mizrahi
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy. — Thomas Aquinas
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back. — Ronnie O'Sullivan
Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Tony Robbins
Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power...it is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits. — Justus von Liebig
Being pretty good at everything is more important than excelling in one pursuit. Be an athlete of life. — Peter Attia
Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and turns mediocrity into excellence! Your passion will motivate others to join you in pursuit of your dream. With passion, you will overcome insurmountable obstacles. You will become unstoppable! — Andy Andrews
What's wrong with creative block? Might it not just be that periods--even extended ones--of productive hiatus are essential mechanisms of gestation designed to help us attain higher standards in our pursuit of creative excellence? — Alexi Murdoch
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom. — John Viney
Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture. — John Knox
As for me, I am in pursuit of excellence. I have no time to get old. — Will Eisner
My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence. — John Kluge
The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time. — Ed Bliss
Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence. — Bill Johnson
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying. — Scott Lynch
The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit. — Elaine Chao
When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They meant the pursuit of learning. The pursuit of improvement and excellence. In hard work is happiness. — David McCullough
Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence. — Gary Ryan
Leadership, pure and simple, is the assumption of responsibility for the pursuit of excellence in group life. — Philip Selznick
As you progress towards enlightenment you will find that you become a winner at anything, not because you are so concerned about winning anymore. You are just concerned about the pursuit of excellence. — Frederick Lenz
Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant. — Bayard Taylor
I'm on the pursuit of awesomeness, excellence is the bare minimum. — Kanye West
Greatness is not attainable, but in the pursuit of it, you can achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi
The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man. — Cassius Jackson Keyser
The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in them, merits the pre-eminence above those that excel the most in the common and vulgar professions. — David Hume
People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something. — Stephen Covey
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