Quotes about Excellence

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!

Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.

When God gave Christ to this world, He gave the best He had, and He wants us to do the same.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

Be excellent and party on dudes.