Quotes about Excellence

Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

The difficult pastoral art is to encourage people to grow in excellence and to live selflessly, at one and the same time to lose the self and find the self. It is paradoxical, but it is not impossible.

I called you to live at your best, to pursue righteousness, to sustain a drive toward excellence.

Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.

The fear of making mistakes and not doing a particular ministry well has paralyzed many believers, and that is a tragedy. They fail to see that perfectionism is religion (form without power). Excellence is Kingdom. Saying yes to the King is the first step in discipleship. And being driven by love makes it impossible to remain stationary.

Many have made the mistake of thinking that Christians are to be the heads of all corporations, governments, and departments. As good as that may sound, it's actually a fruit of the true goal. Christlikeness—excellence with humility—is the real goal. Promotion comes from the Lord. If we spent more time developing a Kingdom heart, we'd have more people in key places of leadership.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

I think that's the genius part of what the Patriots do: They go above and beyond in identifying the issue and doing whatever they can to make sure it doesn't wreck the offensive plan.