“If you want excellence, you must aim at perfection. It has its drawbacks but being finicky is essential.”

“If you want your country to be right, you have to be right. As Christ said, you must become perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect.”

“When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.”

“No lake so still but it has its wave.
No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.
I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.”

“If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.”

“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”

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

“You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.”

“If you want to stay in business, satisfy customers. If you want to excel in business, delight customers.”

“Brothers! We want from you more work. We want from you work and perfection. We want from you continuous work. Every day must be utilized to accumulate benefits for this homeland and this people.”