Quotes about Excellence

How good a book is should be judged by the man who writes it by the excellence of the material that he eliminates.

You will become a lighthouse of personal growth and power, and by your example and leadership, you will prevent many a worthy man from crashing his life upon the rocks of mediocrity.

If you want to become a person that others want to be around, you must always hold your life to the very highest standard.

But a true friend holds you to a higher standard. A true friend brings out the best in you.

You may be good. You may even be better than everyone esle. But without a coach you will never be as good as you could be.

Narrow the Focus. By that I mean you shouldn't try to do everything; you should do a few things well.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

Geniuses understand that it's smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.

Develop the patience to stick with your dedication to absolute world-class output, even if over a lifetime you only generate a single masterpiece. To achieve this feat alone will have made your life's journey a worthy trek