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Definition of Excellence
Excellence

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

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Excellence Quotations

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Ralph Marston

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

Excellence Translations

excellence in Latin is praestantia prestantia, virtus, excellentia
excellence in Norwegian is fortreffelighet
excellence in Spanish is excelencia


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