Acknowledging Excellence Quotes

I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that things are done well by people other than ourselves. "The Japanese are a remarkable little people," we say, as if we were doing them a favor. "He is an Arab, but you ought to hear him play the zither." Why "but"?

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

I trust my judgment when I think it's boring, dull, tepid and not interesting. That's important to listen to. And the same on the set. That's a little easier because you can see it in front of you and you can just see how great they are and you know you have something wonderful when they do something wonderful.

Good things should be praised.

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.