Orison Swett Marden Quotes

I've been a guy who's never really been satisfied. Work hard, try to figure out ways to improve, try to figure out ways to sustain a certain level of play.

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

I think you should always aim for more.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

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

I have always pushed myself. I have never settled for anything less than the best that I could give.

We're always wanting to get better. I'm very much a perfectionist.

We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push.

I always try to demand greatness from myself.

I always want to improve, and I am never satisfied with my performance.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

I’m trying to do better than good enough.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

Never settle for anything less than your best.

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

Good is the enemy of great.

Really, who's the best at what they do? There's always room for improvement.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

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

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

We strivin' for perfection.

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

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

I'm chasing perfection.

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.