Whatever you are, be a good one.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
Make each day your masterpiece.
To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.
Be so good they can't ignore you.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
When you lose that restless feeling that nothing you do is ever quite good enough, that is when I shall insist you take my name off the door.
Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.
If you don't produce, you won't thrive — no matter how skilled or talented you are.
Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy: 1. The ability to quickly master hard things. 2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence — only in constant improvement and constant change.
Champions don't do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they've learned.
Quality is the best business plan.
Being unreasonable is the most reasonable thing you can do for your business.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
