Quotes about Excellence

Give me the fingers of Mozart, and there is no musical piece I cannot play. Give me the mind of Einstein, and there is no mathematical formula I cannot unravel. Give me the arms of Hank Aaron, and there is no home run I cannot hit. Give me the life of Jesus Christ, and there is no victory I cannot achieve.

Greatness is maximizing your potential for the glory of God and the good of others. The

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.

You were born to be amazing.

Young—never settle for less than the spiritual and moral grandeur of which you're capable, with the help of God's grace.

No man was ever great without a touch of divine afflatus.

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.

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be only to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?