A Quote by Mike Schmidt
I can't stand satisfaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection.
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A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.
It's the quest for perfection that makes athletes great.
I don't see perfection as far as a visual image of perfection. "Perfection" to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, "I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do." Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection.
Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail.
You are only as powerful as that for which you stand. Do you stand for more money in the bank and a bigger house? Do you stand for an attractive mate? Do you stand for imposing your way of thinking upon others? These are the stands of the personality seeking to satisfy its wants. Do you stand for perfection, for the beauty and compassion of each soul? Do you stand for forgiveness and humbleness? These are the stands of the personality that has aligned itself with its soul. This is the position of a truly powerful Personality.
Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.
Perfection is often the enemy of greatness.
Perfection is the often the enemy of greatness.
The quest for our origin is the sweet fruit's juice which maintains satisfaction in the minds of the philosophers.
Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man, but it is the enemy of greatness.
I had a handle on satisfaction, and I loved my career, but I didn't really know what happiness was. So I started on this quest to have a happy life.
See not perfection in self. Seek it not in others. One being a false perceptionThe other, an endless quest.
The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable to its immigrants. I'm sorry. I don't buy that as a stand-alone idea anyway because really what they're trying to say with that is that America's greatness is due to America's diversity, and that has not a thing to do with it. American Greatness is because of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and our country.
Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.
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