Best 1930 quotes in «excellence quotes» category

The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.

The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things.

The educational process should not be one of homogenizing. It should be one of encouraging excellence... when we fail to make financial aid depend upon performance, we eliminate the incentive to excellence.

The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light.

The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

The excellence of every Art is its intensity.

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

The excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork.

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 excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it.

The expectation level is high at the University of Alabama and it should be. What's wrong with people expecting excellence?

The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.

The French have a saying that whatever excellence a man may exhibit in a public station he is very apt to be ridiculous in a private one.

The habit of excellence can become enjoyably addictive.

The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

The hallmark of a person who is following the pathway to enlightenment is that they bring excellence into everything, no matter how crappy they feel.

The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the nearer we approach the one, the farther we recede from the other.

The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.

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.

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.

The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.

The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards start to sag. The muscle gets soft, and instead of excellence we have to settle for mediocrity. Maybe something even worse.

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past.

The price of excellence is labor, and time that of immortality.

The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.

The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit.

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.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

The quality of racing continues to excel with starters increasing to 1496,.

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

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

There are no speed limits on the road to success.