Julie Bowen Quotes

The best is the enemy of the good.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

Good is often the enemy of best.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

Better is the enemy of good.

The best is the enemy of the good enough.

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

Good is the enemy of great.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching at air.

Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

Good enough never is.

Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

Perfection, to me, means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.

We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a completist part to many of us that can't rest until we reach the perfect 100% finish point.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.

People always try to be perfect. That's why they don't start anything. Perfection is the lowest standard in the world. Because if you're trying to be perfect, you know you can't be. So what you really have is a standard you can never achieve. You want to be outstanding, not perfect.