Quotes about Excellence

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You've got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can't really achieve anything great without the help of others.

America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill.

Families stand at the center of our society. And every family has a personal stake in promoting excellence in education.

As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

True success is what you have done compared to what you could have done.

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.