Jill Scott Quotes

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

The way that I am now, I don't want to accept mediocrity. I don't want to accept the easy road.

I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things. I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

It'd be nice to be what they call a Renaissance man.

I think 'renaissance woman' is a really fancy way of saying that I'm scatter-brained and non-commital.

I'm not just trying to be good at one thing and then call it a day. I want to be like Bruno Mars.

I do a little bit of everything.

I don't play to be mediocre.

I always wanted to do be an allrounder. I don't know why I picked keeping.

I'm the type of personality who just can't settle for less.

I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do.

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

I may appear to be full of myself because I always want better.

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.