Perfection Vs Excellence Quotes & Sayings

I don't expect perfection, I expect excellence. I expect 100 percent effort in all you do. — Steven D. Levitt

Do not confuse excellence with perfection. The first is possible to achieve, the second is probably not. — Neale Donald Walsch

The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time. — Ed Bliss

No task is too small to not chase perfection and excellence! — Carlo Jose San Juan

An excellence mind pursues perfecting, not perfection. — Pearl Zhu

I have always looked at it this way: If you strive like crazy for perfection - an all-out assault on total perfection - at the very least you will hit a high level of excellence, and then you might be able to sleep at night. To accomplish something truly significant, excellence has to become a life plan. — Charlie Trotter

Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends. — Brian Tracy

Excellence is not a success but a persistent pursuit of perfection. — Debasish Mridha

Don't let the fact you haven't done something before convince you that you can't do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it. — A.J. Darkholme

Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi

Strive for perfection, excellence, and never give up. — Chris Mentillo

He is the half part of a blessed man,
Left to be finished by such as she;
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fullness of perfection lies in him. — William Shakespeare

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence. — Don Shula

In her book The Reluctant Entertainer, Sandy Coughlin writes, "Excellence is working toward an attainable goal that benefits everyone, while perfection comes from a place of great need - usually the need to avoid criticism and gain praise and approval from others. — Myquillyn Smith

I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential. — J.R.D. Tata