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Excellence Quotes - Page 6

Process improvement programs are like teaching people how to fish. Strategy maps and scorecards teach people where to fish.

"Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard". Interview with Martha Lagace, hbswk.hbs.edu. August 11, 2008.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

Twitter post from Nov 28, 2016

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.228, University of Chicago Press

The Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence… Iggy Azalea’s not excellent.

"Azealia Banks And Iggy Azalea Are Going At It Again" by Adam Fleischer, www.mtv.com. December 19, 2014.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

"Moral Letters to Lucilius". Book by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, transl. Richard Mott Gummere, Letter XLV: On sophistical argumentation, line 1, 1920.

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, Bloomsbury Publishing