Men cannot really long rest content with mediocrity once they see excellence is within their reach.

Men cannot really long rest content with mediocrity once they see excellence is within their reach.
Thomas S. Monson, To the Rescue, General Conference April 2001

I Want to Emphasize That It Be The Very Best

I have been quoted as saying, ‘Do the best you can.’ But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

“Standing Strong and Immovable,” Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting, 10 Jan. 2004, 21, Gordon B. Hinkcley