Excellence Quotes - Page 11

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.

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.

All excellence is equally difficult.

Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.

There is always a best way of doing everything.

Chase excellence, success will follow

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.

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

We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.

A good designer has a lot in common with a good researcher. Both hunt for excellence and perfection. And you have to really focus on the details, and you don’t really know what the final result will be before you have it.

Tall peaks are not always better than long plateaus as true greatness must include protracted excellence.

Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it.

Does Christ get a good reputation because of the way we live? Is the excellence of Christ displayed in our lives? That should matter to us, not whether we ourselves are praised.

God has destined you to soar. You have victory, freedom and excellence on the inside.

I can do small things in a great way.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.

We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

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

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

The education of attention would be an education par excellence

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.