Hill Harper Quotes

The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.

You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.

I always thought it was important to overdeliver, and when I got one of my first jobs, writing jokes for Garry Shandling when he was hosting the Grammys, I stayed up all night and wrote a hundred jokes, and I thought, "I'm always going to be the person that gives them more than they requested, and that's why they'll want to keep me around."

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

My philosophy is that on a scale of 1 to 10, I will go to 15. No matter what!

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

I'm always trying to stay above the rest, and that's by doing the extra work.

We just want to outdo ourselves every time we come back somewhere.

Always give more than what's expected.

I always try to overachieve. I feel I have something to prove every day.

We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more.

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

Under promise and over deliver. People will be pleasantly surprised that you gave more than they expected. And remember that there is always room for us to be better and do better. That's what I am calling for. Not just everybody else - myself, too.

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that.

I just felt that if the team is doing seven hours, I'd want to do eight. I'd always need to do more. I knew that would make me better than everybody else.

If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.

Do a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

I'm always inspired by people who raise the bar, whether in their field of work, parenthood, or giving back.

We tend to outdo ourselves.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.