Welcome to the world of excellence! This page is dedicated to celebrating the pursuit and achievement of excellence in all aspects of life. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for personal growth, professional success, or simply looking to infuse a little extra motivation into your day, you’ve come to the right place. Excellence is not just a destination; it’s a continuous journey fueled by determination, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of improvement.
On this page, you’ll find a curated collection of excellence quotes that encapsulate the essence of striving for greatness. These quotes are a source of wisdom, encouragement, and guidance for those who aspire to reach new heights. Feel free to use these quotes in various creative ways – you can copy them, place them on an image, or enhance them with stylish fonts to share with others. Let these words of wisdom inspire you on your own path towards excellence. Now, without further ado, let’s dive into the world of excellence quotes below!
Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. John W. Gardner
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Aristotle
The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying. David Ogilvy
When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity. Maximillian Degenerez
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it… that’s excellence. Jay-Z
Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be ‘all in.’ Continue to apply ‘best is the standard.’ Continue to be a person of excellence in everything you do. Dabo Swinney
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. Thomas Aquinas
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. Barack Obama
In a person’s career, well, if you’re process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you’re more likely to be success. I often say ‘pursue excellence, ignore success.’ Success is a by-product of excellence. Deepak Chopra
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. Pearl S. Buck
My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort. Ivanka Trump
The noblest search is the search for excellence. Lyndon B. Johnson
Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society. Janet Jackson
Find something that you’re really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can. Chris Evert
It’s the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process – which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary. Pankaj Patel
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. Jose Ortega y Gasset
The companies that survive longest are the one’s that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. Charles Handy
The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence. Leonard Cohen
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting. Sun Tzu
Every true Christian is a soldier – of Christ – a hero ‘par excellence’! Braver than the bravest – scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship, disease, danger, and death, whom he counts among his bosom friends. Charles Studd
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. Charles Dudley Warner
I believe the destiny of your generation – and your nation – is a rendezvous with excellence. Lyndon B. Johnson
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. Joe Paterno
Every woman who proves that it is not about gender but about excellence paves the way. Belinda Johnson
My mother and father taught me about black excellence and dynasty. They experienced racism personally, and when something like that happens to you and not around you, you develop a different perception than someone who has never experienced racism a day in their lives. Lizzo
There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. Liberty Hyde Bailey
If you deliver excellence right now, that gives you the best shot at the best future you’ve got coming. Robert Forster
Excellence always sells. Earl Nightingale
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life. Oprah Winfrey
With the support of my family, my constant pillar of strength and protection, I have risen above hate with love and excellence, and a very strong sense of self. A. J. Odudu
Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same. Vince Lombardi
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. Oprah Winfrey
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. Warren Bennis
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer
When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, ‘Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.’ My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence. Jidenna
Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value – all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people. Bobby Kotick
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. Dawn Fraser
I remember doing 5th grade math when I was like seven years old. My parents just constantly pushed me, in a good way, to always demand excellence in everything that I did. Simu Liu
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. Shana Alexander
The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I’m blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence. Al Jarreau
America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. Paul Tsongas
In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation. Robert Kennedy
The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK – firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend. John Hutton
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When I came into stand-up, I found a certain safe space of intellectualism, of camaraderie, of excellence that really has always been natural to me but always felt foreign in the other spaces I’ve been in. Amanda Seales
In carrying out every aspect of our work, CIA officers are guided by a professional ethos that is the sum of our abiding principles, core values, and highest aspirations. These include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. Sacrifice, too, is an inescapable part of our mission. Gina Haspel
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. George Eliot
There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living. David Starr Jordan
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. Nina Simone
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. Jean de la Bruyere
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. Booker T. Washington
Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live. Ada Lovelace
I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape. Al Gore
A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance. Douglas Conant
Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better. Edwin Louis Cole
Black excellence is a thing. People – from Beyonce Knowles to Venus and Serena Williams to folks you haven’t heard of – are into it. It’s less a movement than a standard: believers set the bar high not only for themselves but also for others who share their vision, especially when it pertains to black history, stories, and style. Hilton Als
One of Pixar’s key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk. Edwin Catmull
Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice. I intend to be part of the solution and not the problem. You’ve just got to keep on banging out good performances. David Oyelowo
We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives. Gordon Brown
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. Thomas J. Watson
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity. Shashi Tharoor
Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi
For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I’d like to be known as ‘The Big Aristotle’ because Aristotle once said, ‘Excellence is not a singular act; it’s a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.’ Shaquille O’Neal
China is an indomitable force, and they have a commitment for excellence. Stephen A. Schwarzman
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. Aristotle
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. Sun Tzu
Bobby Charlton’s record was quite substantial. I couldn’t think anybody would beat that. It is an achievement par excellence. Alex Ferguson
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. John W. Gardner
La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy’s cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn’t care. Diego Della Valle
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process. Jerry Moran
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. Charles Kendall Adams
The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all. Protagoras
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. Tom Peters
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. Pat Riley
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. Bertrand Russell
Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics. Robin S. Sharma
Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It’s okay if there are flaws in the process – it makes it more interesting. Charlie Trotter
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. Rick Pitino
True excellence is a product of synergy. Mack Wilberg
Wellness seeks more than the absence of illness; it searches for new levels of excellence. Beyond any disease-free neutral point, wellness dedicates its efforts to our total well-being – in body, mind, and spirit. Greg Anderson
There are no shortcuts to true excellence. Angela Duckworth
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Will Durant
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. Richard M. Nixon
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it’s a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free. Charles R. Swindoll
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business. Michael J. Fox
Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I’m not going to witness or permit the change of it. Tim Cook
Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude. Ralph Marston
Disruption starts with committing to excellence and taking a stand for your customer. Lewis Howes
My father taught my siblings and me the importance of positive values and a strong ethical compass. He showed us how to be resilient, how to deal with challenges, and how to strive for excellence in all that we do. He taught us that there’s nothing that we cannot accomplish if we marry vision and passion with an enduring work ethic. Ivanka Trump
