Passion For Excellence Quotes:

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

- Pat Riley

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Inspirational Coach, Striving For Perfection

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.

- Aristotle

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Moral Excellence, Passion For Excellence

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Love, Inspirational, Positive, Power And Control, Inspirational Passion

Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

- Shaquille O'Neal

topic: Perseverance, Excellence, Habit, Passion For Excellence

The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.

- Terry Orlick

source: Orlick, Terry (2015). “In Pursuit of Excellence 5th Edition”, p.26, Human Kinetics

topic: Heart, Passion, Giving, Live With Passion, Follow Your Passion

Leadership is no longer about your position. It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title

- Robin Sharma

topic: Leadership, Passion, Differences, Passion For Excellence, Job Titles

The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.

- James C. Collins

topic: Morning, Spring, Commitment, Spring In Your Step, Passion For Excellence

Do your best at every job. Don't sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a passion for excellence.

- Steve Jobs

topic: Jobs, Passion, Sleep, Passion For Excellence

A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share.

- William Rosenberg

topic: Passion, Imagination, Leader, Passion For Excellence

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

- Aristotle

topic: Nature, Philosophical, Passion, Daily Habits, Moral Excellence

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

- Shaquille O'Neal

topic: Basketball, Media, Excellence, Passion For Excellence

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

- Andy Hertzfeld

topic: Passion, Thinking, Perfection, Passion For Excellence, Creative Spirit

We are seeing some challenges and some changes in American business, American enterprise, but the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is a reminder of things that must never change: the passion for excellence, the drive to innovate, the hard work that goes with any successful enterprise.

- George W. Bush

topic: Hard Work, Passion, Successful, Passion For Excellence