20 Quotes That Will Inspire Excellence in You

1. "Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better." - Gordon B. Hinckley
2. "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi
3. 3. "The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."Confucius
4. 4. "Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." - Mario Andretti
5. "Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort." - Paul J. Meyer
6. "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
7. "If you're studying for an exam you're not thinking about the results. If you're always worried about the results, you can't study a lot. So to be engaged and detached from the outcome is excellent. Excellence is behavior. I mean, isn't that what martial arts is about? And that's what meditation is about, that's what, in many ways, sports are about." - Deepak Chopra
8. "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." -Vince Lombardi
9. "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude." - Colin Powell
10. "No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." - Charles Kendall Adams
11. "If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way." - Martin Luther King Jr.
12. "Human tragedies: We all want to be extraordinary and we all just want to fit in. Unfortunately, extraordinary people rarely fit in." - Sebastyne Young
13. "Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
14. "Do your best, and be a little better than you are." - Gordon B. Hinckley
15. "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.'' - Anonymous
16. "A man is relieved and happy when he has put his heart into his work and done his best." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. "Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis." - Denis Waitley
18. "The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence." - Henry Ford
19. "It's simple ... go the extra mile and you will stand out from the crowd." - Robin Crow
20. "Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential." - Michael Gelb and Tony Buzan