"Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many."

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Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.41, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Richard Koch

#Excellence Quotes #Strive Quotes #Performances Quotes

“The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.”
“Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.”
“It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this is a fallacy. You must believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election is produced by the votes of single electors. Everybody can do something toward creating in his own environment kindly feelings rather than anger, reasonableness rather than hysteria, happiness rather than misery.”
“I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.”
“Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.”
“He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.”

Source : William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.181, Cambridge University Press
“I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.”
“I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.”

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