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.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, read more

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not read more

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang read more

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

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.

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.

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.