Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality … that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hallmark of excellence. By ORISON SWETT MARSDEN Excellence, Goals, Quality
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. By JOHN W. GARDNER Excellence, Goals, Inspirational, Motivational, Success
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act but a habit. By Aristotle Excellence, Habit, Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labour in it, but they labour in it because they excel. By William Hazlitt Excellence, Hard work, Leadership, Perseverance
Some people think that seeking diversity automatically leads to excellence, but I think focusing on excellence inevitably leads to diversity. By William C. Steere Business, Diversity, Excellence
It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it. By W. Somerset Maugham Excellence, Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting
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? By Robert Townsend Business, Excellence, Fun, Inspirational, Profit
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. By Proverbs 22:1 Excellence, Quality, Reputation
Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go. By Philip Chesterfield Excellence, Reputation
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. By Pearl S. Buck Excellence, Joy, Motivational, Quality, Work
It isn’t evil that’s running the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly. By Ned Rorem Excellence, Mediocrity, Quality
My parents always told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done. By Nancy Flanks Excellence, Inspirational, Motivational, Quality
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. By Max Beerbohm Excellence, Mediocrity, Quality, Uplifting
It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. By Mark Twain Excellence, Quality, Recognition