Best 1930 quotes in «excellence quotes» category

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.

I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

I have become convinced that the most overlooked tool in our medical arsenal is harnessing the body's own ability to heal through nutritional excellence.

I like cinematic art that doesn't have to include violence as the main meat of emotion. Now, excellence in cinema is based on murder, guns. Tarantino bores me. Even though he is very appealing and very facile about putting elements of pop culture into his work. But it kinds of dates it, right?

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

I'm a perfectionist, so I always feel there's room for improvement.

I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

I have a 41-year track record of investing excellence… what do you have?

I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

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.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

Imitation both unconscious and conscious is par excellence the educational method of the family. It is plain that a considerable part of the adaptation of living beings to their environment, i.e., of beings that are born plastic, is passed on from generation to generation through imitation. Were this not so, much if not all of the road traversed by one generation would have to be travelled by the next generation from the very beginning and without short-cuts. Consequently there would be little chance for the novel adaptation, the propitious individual variation, that constitutes progress.

I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

In order to deal with the chaos that exists in the world today, you need some grounding. That grounding best comes from knowing who you are.

'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers. Life at work can be cool - and work that's cool isn't confined to Tiger Woods, Yo-Yo Ma, or Tom Hanks. It's available to all of us and any of us.

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

Individual efforts can bring excellence but only collective efforts can deliver effectively.

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

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

In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

Intensity is the price of excellence.

Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price has to be paid, but rather as a complement to them without which they cannot be fully consummated.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but also a reminder of human excellence.

I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment.

I think everyone is their harshest critic, but I strive for excellence as much as I can because I think it shows.

I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That's why the most exciting thing to me is the next one.

In writing, as in life, faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit, and may be sometimes recommended to weak judgments by the lustre which they obtain from their union with excellence; but it is the business of those who presume to superintend the taste or morals of mankind to separate delusive combinations, and distinguish that which may be praised from that which can only be excused.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever Im doing... Always strive for excellence.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

I think the most extraordinary thing about fans is the level of excellence that they show in the work that they do. I mean, if you go onto the internet and see some of the fan videos that have been put together, they're just extraordinary; they could be programmes in their own right.

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities.

It is important that voters be as informed as possible when they enter the polls May 9 to determine who has the experience, integrity and vision to lead Nebraska to excellence.

it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.

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.

It is said that it takes 10,000 hours to develop mastery and excellence. How many hours have you clocked today on your passion?

It's for management to enthuse & motivate employees towards excellence in service; the profit incentive doesn't last