W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.

I always want to do the best I can.

I want the best. I've always fought the best.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

We strivin' for perfection.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.

Demand excellence.

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

I try to do my best.

I've always been really ambitious, whatever I do. At school, I always wanted to be the best in the class - no, it wasn't enough to be the best in the class, I'd want to be the best in the country.

My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'

I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done.

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

The problem is that we set the bar so high, and our stuff is so good, it's tough to top.

Whatever I turn my hand to, I put in the effort to be the best.

People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there.

You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay.

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

I figured if you're going to do something, you should do it the best you can.

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

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

I want to be the best. That's just the human way.

I never set out to beat the world. I just set out to do my absolute best.