“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
Aristotle
“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing”
Harriet Beryl Braiker
“Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.”
Samuel Johnson
“There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence”
Vince Lombardi
“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence.”
Denis Waitley
“There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.”
Contributed by: Maria Green
David Starr Jordan
“After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.”
Vincent T Lombardi
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