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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

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

Excellence can be as strong a uniting force as solid vision.