“Excellence does not require perfection.”

“His Biographer remarked: Of course, ‘Sir, you believe in excellence.' JRD Tata) retorted sharply, 'Not excellence. Perfection. You aim for perfection, you will attain excellence. If you aim for excellence, you will go lower.”

J. R. D. Tata (1904–1993) Indian businessman

“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”

Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) American football player, coach, and executive

“The only thing that separates any one of us from excellence is fear and the opposite of fear is faith. I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for, perfection is God’s business.”

Michael J. Fox (1961) Canadian-American actor

“Relativity does set limits on what humans can ultimately do. But the universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human aspirations.”

Carl Sagan book Cosmos

“I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent”

Ashleigh Brilliant (1933) American author and cartoonist

“Both professor and student share in the pursuit of excellence and perfection.”

Ali al-Hadi (829–868) imam

“Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness.”

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism