The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work but in the excellence of the work he produces.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Excellence then is a state concerned with choice lying in a mean relative to us this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Nothing is more noble nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign and not a bad one - in particular dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence an indication of its success.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.