Excellence Quotes to Inspire your Team

This excellence quotes collection is part of a bigger collection of quotes relating to teams and teamwork.

The number of quotes on excellence here is fairly small.

But there are some gems among them!

Excellence is ...

• Caring more than others think is wise.
  
  
• Risking more than others think is safe.
  
  
• Dreaming more than others think is practical.
  
  
• Expecting more than others think is possible.

Quotes About Achieving Excellence

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event... 
it is a habit. ~ Aristotle

The achievement of excellence can only occur if the organization promotes a culture of creative dissatisfaction. ~ Lawrence Miller

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. ~ Pat Riley

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence. ~ Denis Waitley

General Excellence Quotes

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. ~Joe Paterno

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? ~ Joe Namath

Excellence is not a spectator sport. Everyone's involved.~ General Electric

It's your life, your one and only life ... so take excellence very personally. ~ Scott Johnson

Believe it! High expectations are the key to everything.~ Sam Walton

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. 

~ Vince Lombardi

The noblest search is the search for excellence. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ~ Oprah Winfrey

If a man does his best, what else is there? ~General George S Patton

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. 

~a definition of happiness by John F Kennedy

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