Excellence Quotes

1. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

2. The secret of joy is contained in one word - excellence. - Pearl S. Buck

3. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. - Pearl S. Buck

4. The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. - Vincent Lombardi

5. Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. - St. Francis De Sales

6. Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence. - Unknown

7. There is a better way for everything. Find it. - Thomas Edison

8. Push yourself to notice the extraordinary in the ordinary. - Unknown

9. Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. - Brooker T. Washington

10. If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there? - Robert Townsend

11. Hitch your wagon to a star. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either. - Leo Burnett

13. Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do the best. - Marva Collins, educator

14. Good is not good, where better is expected. - Thomas Fuller

15. Once you say you are going to settle for second, that's what happens to you. - John F. Kennedy

16. The price of greatness is responsibility. – Sir Winston Churchill

17. To be mediocre, when only application and diligence would have netted superiority, is an error akin to sin. – Spencer W. Kimball

18. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. - Henry Ford

19. It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. - Martin Van Buren

20. Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. - Muriel Spark

21. There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but...in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. - Bliss Carmen

22. We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. - Jean Houston

23. If you want to stand out, don't be different, be outstanding. - Meredith West

24. Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is...It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. - Sir Laurence Olivier

25. I don't know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job. - Sandra Day O'Connor

26. When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. - Helen Keller

27. Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel. - Mary Kay Ash