Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than read more

Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than others think is practical;...expect more than others think is possible.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.