True Excellence Quotes

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.

There are no shortcuts to true excellence.

Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't need a reporter or a writer to tell us. Good is good and it should shine through the years.

If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.