Top 200 Excellence Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Until our mission becomes our obsession, we’ll be chained to the realm of average.”

— Robin S. Sharma

102. “Greatness is earned, not given.”

— J. J. Watt

103. “Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.”

— Robin S. Sharma

104. “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.”

— Kobe Bryant

105. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.”

— Thomas A. Edison

106. “Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you’re really going to excel in it.”

— Charlie Munger

107. “The difference between a winner and a loser – they both failed, but the winner gets back up and does it again and again until it goes his way.”

— Greg Plitt

108. “Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

109. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

— Denis Waitley

110. “Losers let it happen; winners make it happen!”

— Denis Waitley

111. “Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

— Abdul Kalam

112. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”

— David Goggins

113. “A person becomes great not by sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. A crow does not become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building.”

— Chanakya

114. “In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.”

— Henry David Thoreau

115. “Determine that today you will overcome your self of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will win over those of greater skill.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

116. “It is always cheaper to do the job right the first time.”

— Phil Crosby

117. “No one rises to low expectations.”

— Les Brown

118. “I was born to race and to win.”

— Lewis Hamilton

119. “Do a good job. You don’t have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work then try to trump it.”

— Walt Disney

120. “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

— Abraham Maslow

121. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

122. “The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.”

— Chanakya

123. “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

124. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

— Anatole France

125. “The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.”

— Jon Gordon

126. “Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”

— Ralph Marston

127. “If you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

128. “Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.”

— Michael Jordan

129. “What I want is to be number one.”

— Steve Prefontaine

130. “Your future is found in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally!”

— Paula White

131. “Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”

— Orrin Woodward

132. “I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!”

— Eric Thomas

133. “Challenge serves beautifully to introduce you to your best – and most brilliant – self.”

— Robin S. Sharma

134. “Be yourself, but always your better self.”

— Karl G. Maeser

135. “Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.”

— Lawrence M. Miller

136. “Your life only gets better when you get better, and you can improve yourself without limit. Learn something new every day.”

— Brian Tracy

137. “Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.”

— Brian Tracy

138. “Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.”

— Chuck Noll

139. “Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”

— James C. Collins

140. “It is not the critic who counts.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

141. “Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.”

— A.W. Tozer

142. “Don’t wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.”

— Denis Waitley

143. “Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.”

— Pat Riley

144. “I’m about being the best.”

— Frank Ocean

145. “Better to do a little well, than a great deal badly.”

— Socrates

146. “Quality is pride of workmanship.”

— W. Edwards Deming

147. “It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.”

— Kano Jigoro

148. “Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.”

— Thomas A. Edison

149. “Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.”

— Dhirubhai Ambani

150. “To be the best and stay there, sweat is necessary.”

— Ray Lewis