Excellence Quotes

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Pat Riley

These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.

Aristotle

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Abraham Lincoln

You're probably not a member of a major league baseball team, your errors, unless they are truly spectacular, don't show up in the morning paper.

Jane Goodsell

Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical, and Expect more than others think is possible.

Anon., also called: Cadet Maxim

People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

Jesse Owens

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

Richard Rorty

If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

Vincent Van Gogh

Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success.

Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

James H. Robinson

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Jascha Heifetz

A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Johann von Goethe

The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.

Henry Ford

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Vince Lombardi