I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best

Because in life, knowledge is only part of the battle. WITHOUT ACTION, KNOWLEDGE IS OFTEN MEANINGLESS. As Aristotle put it, to be excellent we cannot simply think or feel excellent, we must act excellently. Yet the action required to follow through on what we know is often the hardest part.

Perfection is the enemy of greatness. We as people are limited in the knowledge and information we have, so to say one has reached all of the highest standards of what is known as the conventional consummation of human excellence means there is nothing more they would have to learn. This of course, is impossible,...

The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think about it practically, I am glad it’s a struggle. I am (as usual) attempting to write a book that’s too hard for me. I’m telling a story I’m not smart...

Happiness, Success, Excellence: They are not something you get for knowing the path; they are something you experience by walking it.

The quality of people’s lives is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

Think of your day as a blank canvas, and everything you say, your art upon it. Then join your loved ones and friends, and create lasting beauty together, worthy of your inner Rembrandt.

As sure as shadow follows substance and the sun rises on the east and sets on the west, a person who exercises professional excellence will be followed by success.

We must cooperate to turn this country around; otherwise there will be no more future to speak of for our children.

We have always strived for excellence with our products, so it’s satisfying to be involved with an organization that rewards excellence in its industry.

A true leader does not derive power from his position, but from his ethics, from people’s love for him, and from his knowledge, education and excellence in his field of work.

Leadership is bringing people into new realms of excellence and challenging them to become distinguished in their chosen field.

Entrepreneur, if your going to start up, make sure you start up with excellence in mind.

Do what you love and love what you do, with excellence.

Do you know invisible determination and effort will always accomplish visible distinction and excellence?

Don’t Settle for Mediocrity. Strive for Excellence

When I think of excellence in motion, I think of the big picture. Because of the magnitude of this concept, I look at it from an aerial perspective. It is a mindset that challenges the boundaries of self-induced limits—that point where you aspire to exceed your expectations, where the mind-body-achievement connection resides and wins time...

True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!

Autograph your life with a signature of excellence.

There are many people, particularly in sports, who think that success and excellence are the same thing. They are not the same thing. Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person’s control. In contrast, success is perishable and is often outside our control. If you strive for excellence, you will...

You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life.

We are in an international marketplace for talent, and American colleges and universities need to be able to attract students and faculty from around the world if we want to sustain our excellence.

To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!

Dominate the market with your products of self-control; no matter how many temptations produced by the devil, you will still overcome with profits of excellence!

Never climb the tree with the reason of plucking a fruit; only to get there and pick a leaf. Let everything you get there to do be done and let it be done well!

Success is deliberate! Excellence is intentional! Victory comes out of struggles… Winners win because they played a role… Get busy now!

Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease.

Seeking excellence means choosing to forge your own sword to cut through the limitations of your life…

What will make you great today will never make you great tomorrow! The airplane that Wilbur and Orville Wright invented in 1906 would be seen as a scrap today. It becomes valueless with time.

The best posture you can adopt when pursuing your goals is neither to stand nor sit. The best position is to STANDOUT! Everyone may be sitting; but don’t sit! Many people may be standing; but don’t just stand. When you stand, be outstanding!

Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ’s followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.

Once you come into Texas, you automatically get that feeling that you’re striving for excellence. Once you put on that burnt orange, you’re playing for your school.

You may work with 100% capacity every day and may not be seen by anybody for recommendation. This does not mean you should give up! The day you will decide to work at 40% may be the day you’ll be seen by the person who is meant to recommend you for higher profile opportunities!

True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don’t oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions”. They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela…

Information had become a critical tool that you can use to raise your bar across every barrier towards excellence. Deny this fact and maintain your bar wherever it was without even a millimeter lift.

No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did.

Integrity is the integument that makes intelligence more acceptable

Stop worrying about who’s doing better than you or not. Be better every new day than your previous day

Let the ovation be louder when you leave the stage than it was when you climbed it

Average is not the best leverage

Behave like the flower; it blooms with its own petals without bothering to take the colour of another flower’s petals. You can excel with what you have!

Dare to be competent. Competency is what makes everyone remain at peace when things are being handled by you. Watch yourself if everyone feels uncomfortable just because it’s you doing it.

Spark the dreams you have with integrity and honesty. It’s gonna catch up with excellence if you make it revive in truthfulness in the midst of this world of falsehood!

To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance.

Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.

It’s better to do one thing well than ten things poorly.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

Anybody who accepts mediocrity — in school, on the job, in life — is a person who compromises, and when the leader compromises, the whole organization compromises.