Excellence Quotes - Page 26

• So to the best we can, what we do is focus on creating value for others, and how do we do that? We do it by trying to produce products and services that our customers will value more than their alternatives, and not just their alternatives today, but what the alternatives will be in the future. We try to more efficiently use resources than our competitors, and constantly improve in that, and we try to do the best job we can in creating a safe environment, and environmental excellence, and constantly improve at that.

  Charles Koch

  Jobs, Safe Environment, Best Job

  "Full interview: Charles Koch". "Corner Office" with Kai Ryssdal, www.marketplace.org. October 21, 2015.

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• Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Army, Enemy

  Tzu Sun (1994). “The Art of War”, p.135, Basic Books

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• Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen from his own span of time, and his life is very long precisely because he has devoted to himself entirely any time that became available. None of it lay uncultivated and idle, none was under another man's control, for guarding it most jealously, he found nothing worth exchanging for his own precious time.

  Seneca the Younger

  Believe, Men, Long

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• When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.

  Brian Tracy

  Moving, Competition, Population

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• 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.

  Deepak Chopra

  Careers, Outcomes, Process

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• The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.

  Joshua Waitzkin

  Keys, Long, Safety

  "The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance". Book by Joshua Waitzkin, www.businessinsider.com. May 8, 2007.

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• That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence. In the case of Harvard University, it was true that by the time of its tercentenary (300th anniversary of its founding) in 1936, Harvard had already achieved a reputation as a world-class institution. Harvard did not have the stature that it does today.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Class, World, Levels

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I would not say that Harvard possesses any sort of absolute dominance. And I personally do not take the rankings of schools all that seriously. However, I think that Harvard's global visibility increased significantly in the 1930s and 1940s and that the new commitment to excellence at Harvard spread to other institutions.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Commitment, School, Thinking

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved directly in the process of running the university and in the setting of priorities.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Running, Priorities, Important

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• If we want to identify the great success of American research universities, and that success goes far beyond Harvard, we have to come back to the question of governance. Excellence requires a firewall between trusteeship, or government ministries, and the academic decision-making process. This American concept of shared governance wherein the faculty are engaged in running the university as part of a collaboration with the other stakeholders.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Running, Government, Decision

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• That doesn't mean that the top fifteen institutions in the ranking somehow don't belong there at all. But what is the difference between number two and number eight in any meaningful sense? As an administrator who worked to build a complex university, I find the assumption slightly offensive. We need to be committed to excellence, not to lists.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Meaningful, Eight, Two

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of papers published or patents received. Outsiders who swoop in to count beans and make up lists based on statistics have little sense of what excellence is.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Numbers, Quality, Patents

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence.

  Emily Lazar

  People, Complaining, Pops

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think that's the coolest thing about our fans, they not only respect, but they demand, excellence from our guys.

  Adam Cole

  Thinking, Guy, Fans

  Source: 411mania.com

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• Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as much as we can, striving for excellence in the workplace, and developing deeper self-knowledge. I wrote The Four Purposes of Life to assist in these endeavors.

  Dan Millman

  Spiritual, Strong, Kindness

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• Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

  Theognis of Megara

  Men, Giving, Wicked

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• I often ask myself: "What would Theodore Roosevelt do?" One can never know, of course. The ultimate contribution of consequential leaders is often their capacity to reframe issues in novel ways. That said, his leadership engaged, at a foundational level, whether the American "national character" would accept decline and mediocrity, or would go all-in for leadership and excellence. Amid the myriad of otherwise disconnected issues before us, that choice is emerging yet again.

  James M Strock

  Character, Choices, Leader

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• When Americans decry our politicians, we must remember that ultimately, politicians reflect us. When we demand more than mediocrity - and the passing comforts it bestows - we will certainly attain it. One hopes and prays it doesn't take an historic crisis for us to demand and reward excellence in public service.

  James M Strock

  Comfort, Mediocrity, Praying

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• It's not enough to do your best; you must know what to do & then do your best.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Inspirational, Enough, Knows

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

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Passion, Goal, Guarantees

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• The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.

  James C. Collins

  Morning, Spring, Work

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• Persons with a talent who never practice excellence are the worst enemies of themselves.

  Nelly Mazloum

  Dance, Worst Enemy, Practice

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• Leadership is no longer about your position.
  It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference
  You can lead without a title

  Robin Sharma

  Leadership, Passion, Differences

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• It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.

  Robert Fritz

  Business, Vision, Doe

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• Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

  Michelangelo

  Education, Teacher, Art

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