1,737 Quotes About Excellence

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

You have a meeting to make a decision, not to decide on the question.

Hey, size works against excellence.

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

We want our children to fit in and to stand out. We rarely address the conflict between these goals.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.

One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man's reason can a movement succeed.