Orison Swett Marden Quotes

Don't be the best. Be the only.

Our philosophy is always to search for the best quality. That is something our father taught us. It's one way to be different from your competitors. You can try to be cheaper, or you can try to be better.

It's very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

Different' and 'new' is relatively easy. Doing something that's genuinely better is very hard.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

I always get amazed as to how we always need to have someone as the best of something. Why can't we have two people as the best at something?

You can't expect to be better than everybody else if you're doing the same thing as everybody else.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

I've figured out how to turn what's different about me and limitations - I'm new to this world, I'm a woman, I don't have a math background - and how I use that to my advantage. They're what make me unique. In poker you learn very quickly, if you play like everyone else, you'll be fine, but you'll never be great.

Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

I'm not trying to be average.

I don't think there's a good or wrong way of broadcasting. The more unique you are, the more opportunities you're going to get.

Our first thought growing up was that we want to be together always so we didn't want to play the same position. You see a lot of twins play the same position because they are so alike. That was a big thing for us that we taught ourselves, and luckily it ended up paying off.

I came out with sounds that didn't sound like the usual hip-hop beat. I took that chance because no one would identify with me if I sound like somebody who's already out.

I am not trying to be the next anyone - I am going to be the first Dolph Ziggler!

The real competitive advantage will come to countries and companies who differentiate their offerings through education, innovation, and productivity.

I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that's different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

Things which are different in order simply to be different are seldom better, but that which is made to be better is almost always different.

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.

What I've learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?

Greatness has nothing to do with diversity, skin color, race, ethnicity, nothing to do with it.

You either have to be first, best, or different.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.