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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. ~
~ Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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~ Joy exists only in self-acceptance. Seek perfect acceptance, not a perfect life.
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~ Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. ~
~ Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence. ~
~ Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. ~
~ Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ~
~ All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation. ~
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Just make up your mind at the very outset that your work is going to stand for quality... that you are going to stamp a superior quality upon everything that goes out of your hands, that whatever you do shall bear the hall-mark of excellence. ~
~ Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~
~ The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work. ~