Marcus Buckingham Quotes

I'm not great until I'm the best.

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.

Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.

Records are made to be broken.

Make heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.

I fight for perfection

A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.

I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

Become the very best in your business!

As for me, I am in pursuit of excellence. I have no time to get old.

Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.

Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.

If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.

Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.

In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.

Success for me is to go out there and dominate.

Mediocrity is not worth the trip.

Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top ten percent of your field. That payoff is incredible!

You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.

If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.

I think the thing that I've learned is that really great people, they actually want to work on hard problems.

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.