Excellence quotes

Explore timeless quotes that celebrate excellence in every aspect of life on our quote website. From inspiring words by great minds to motivational affirmations, be inspired to embrace excellence as a way of life.

Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.

- Tom Peters

Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead.

- Tom Peters

One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.

- Tom Peters

My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously.

- Tom Peters

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

- Tom Peters

Leaders trust their guts. Intuition is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rep. The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

- Tom Peters

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

- Tom Peters

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

- Tom Peters

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

- Tom Peters

If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years.

- Tom Peters

If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.

- Tom Peters

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

- Tom Peters

I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.

- Tom Peters

I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.

- Tom Peters

I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.

- Tom Peters

I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.

- Tom Peters

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

- Tom Peters

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.

- Tom Peters

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.

- Tom Peters

As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.

- Tom Peters

As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.

- Tom Peters

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.

- Tom Peters

A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

- Tom Peters

Excellence always sells.

- Earl Nightingale

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

- Tom Peters

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

- Ted W. Engstrom

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

- John W. Gardner

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

- Tom Peters

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

- Tom Peters

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

- Pat Riley