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Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.

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

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

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

Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.

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

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.