Quotes about Excellence
That feeling of being the NBA Champion is really unparalleled, because you're the best in the world. Without question. How many people can say that in any profession?
— Bill Bradley
Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
— Sam Walton
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
— Aristotle
It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.
— Jennifer Lopez
Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.
— Andrew Carnegie
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
— Oscar Wilde
To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
— Epictetus
Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.
— John Wooden
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding.
— Charles Stanley
Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.
— Seth Godin