“Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.”
“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”
“You cannot do anything good for a dead man! Whatever goodness you want to do for him, do it when he is alive!”
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.”
“The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it. ”