Baltasar Gracian Quotes

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

It's better to do something really really well and thorough, than I think to have a surface level version of a lot of different things.

I would rather do two things really, really, really well than do 16 things and have 14 of them fail.

Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft.

It is not important to make many pictures but that I have one picture right.

Everyone should be good at what they do.

Good is often the enemy of best.

Do it, do it right, pay close attention to the product, and over time, you will win.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

I don't want to do anything halfway. It has to be perfect.

It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.

I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

Take pains. Be perfect.

I always try and do everything I can to the best of my abilities, single aspect has to be perfect.