Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

Integrity reveals beauty.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

Beauty is less important than quality.

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words.

The emphasis on innovation and technology in our companies has resulted in a few of them establishing global benchmarks in product design and development, manufacturing practices and human resource capabilities. However, there is no room for complacency.

We have received a heritage of craftsmanship, of aesthetics, of taste, of identity. Our brands have the beauty to preserve and perpetuate it.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Exceptional firms have always been good at aligning their mission or purpose with their execution and, as a result, have enjoyed category leadership in sales and profits.

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

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

The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

If you deliver excellence right now, that gives you the best shot at the best future you've got coming.

High expectations are the key to everything.

From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system.

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.

Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

A world where people do not care about the quality of their experience is not a good world for Apple. A world where people care about those details and want to complain about them is the world where our values shine.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.

Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.