Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

We strivin' for perfection.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

If you reach for the highest of ideals, you shouldn't settle for less than the stars.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

It's hard to be perfect, but that's something we try to strive for.

I want to be great, not good.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

The course is perfection and it asks perfection.

Never settle for anything less than your best.

Good is the enemy of great.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

I think you should always aim for more.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

Demand excellence.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.