Pastoral Resources

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did.

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.

But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

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.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

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