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Quotes About Excellence

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street, folks will say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."
~ Ted Williams
When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems.
~ Richard J. Foster
You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.
~ Kimora Lee Simmons
Let your life be guided by greatness
~ Matthew Kelly
In all of my life, when I was playing sports, I always put 100 percent. I have always given the best.
~ Garfield Sobers
Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!
~ Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can.
~ Victor Kiam
Cheerleading is life, you must give it your all, and always strive to be on top. It teaches you so much, from how to be a team player, leadership, dedication, confidence, and many other qualities.
~ Natasha Richardson
I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.
~ Michael Owen
Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other.
~ Ray Lewis
Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.
~ Alberto Juantorena
Some of us might not understand why LeBron James is the way he is, but fortunately he found his great craft in life.
~ Troy Polamalu
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.
~ Jim Larranaga
Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.
~ John C. Maxwell
What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.
~ Joan Miro
In business, I've discovered that my purpose is to do my best to my utmost ability every day. That's my standard. I learned early in my life that I had high standards.
~ Donald Trump
The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit.
~ Elaine Chao
Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.
~ Napoleon Hill
Perfection in any endeavor is an aiming point. Let the desire for it push you, but don't let the absence of it stop you.
~ Ralph Marston
Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
~ John W. Gardner
The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."
~ Stephen Covey
Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
~ Vince Lombardi
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.
~ Vince Lombardi