The road to excellence is always under construction
—Unknown
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Each excellent thing, once learned, serves for a measure of all other knowledge.
—Philip Sidney (1554–86) English Soldier Poet, Courtier
Joy exists only in self-acceptance. Seek perfect acceptance, not a perfect life.
—Anonymous
Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of the immortals.
—David Ogilvy (1911–99) British-American Advertising Executive
The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.
—John Keats (1795–1821) English Poet
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
—Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848) English Writer, Scholar
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) French Historian, Political Scientist
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
—Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
—John W. Gardner (1912–2002) American Activist
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
—Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
All my life I’ve always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.
—Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–56) American Athlete, Golfer
The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
It isn’t by size that you win or fail—be the best of whatever you are.
—Douglas Malloch (1877–1938) American Poet, Short-story Writer
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
—Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) (39–65 CE) Roman Statesman, Latin Poet
Excellence is not being the best; it is doing your best.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
—Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874–1956) American Business Executive
Example is leadership.
—Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French Theologian, Musician, Philosopher, Physician
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka Kindness, Virtue, Goodness), but excellence (aka Kindness, Virtue, Goodness) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist—you can always do better and you can always grow.
—Les Brown
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–45) German Lutheran Pastor, Theologian
The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
The mediocre always feel as if they’re fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian Novelist
If you aren’t playing well, the game isn’t as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
—Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874–1956) American Business Executive
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
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