Seth Godin Quotes

Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.

Perfection is the often the enemy of greatness.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Never settle for average.

The good is the enemy of the best.

Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

We strivin' for perfection.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

Why Not the Best?

I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.

I am trying to pursue excellence.

I don't play to be mediocre.

I want to be great, not good.

I want to be great. I want to be the best.

If you're just trying to get by, you're going to be left behind. The caliber of shows I'm on are incredible, and it makes me just want to raise that bar even more.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.