Quotes About Excellence

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

He profits most who serves best.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

For every quality in life—goodness, justice, courage, beauty, loyalty—there has to exist a single standard, a model of perfection of which, Socrates says, "all equal objects of sense Ã¢â'¬Â¦ are only imperfect copies.

life."6 In short, a democracy like Athens or a republic like Florence was a cooperative partnership, in which men agree to be the best they can be in both their public and their private lives, instead of (as in Plato's Republic) having those rules imposed from above.

it was believed, liberty opens the door to a standard of excellence in both public and private affairs unknown to those living in servitude or unfree societies. In short, a republic built on Aristotle's model will allow men to achieve their highest potential not only as political animals, but as complete moral beings.

Renaissance Florence did not forget about the importance of Christianity and sacred values. It was said that Manetti knew three works by heart: the Ethics of Aristotle, Saint Paul's letters, and Augustine's City of God.17 Still, the Florentines did insist that education needed to reflect the new secular emphasis on human freedom and the pursuit of excellence for its own sake.

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

There is grace in elegance, but beyond grace there is perfection

En general, esos profesionistas son excelentes para la empresa, pero verdugos de sí mismos.

Well done is quickly done.

Be beyond average, dream beyond average, think beyond average and success will find you.

Fight for quality not quantity. Quality is a way more satisfying.

Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to "get by."

Excellence is best described as doing the right things right - selecting the most important things to be done and then accomplishing them 100% correctly.

Make service your first priority, not success and success will follow.

Excellence and succession are built on the foundation of failure.

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.