Company Excellence Quotes

#1. Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.

Tom Peters

#2. Almost never does a single company have excellence in a multiplicity of disciplines.

Leroy Hood

#3. I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation ... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.

Sam Altman

#4. A service culture doesn't happen by accident. The company is always a reflection of the person at the helm. Their attitude, their values, and their commitment to service excellence will drive the actions of others in the organization. Always has ... always will.

Mac Anderson

#5. Design can be both a manifestation of a company's design ethic and an outward communication of a company's design ethic and drive for excellence.

Bob Lutz

#6. To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.

Howard Schultz

#7. Without trust, no company can ever hope for excellence.

Frank Sonnenberg

#8. To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.

Sun Tzu

#9. Don't waste time. Avoid the company of wasteful people who lack the desire to achieve. Become assertive and action-oriented.

Archibald Marwizi

#10. A company can seize extra-ordinary opportunities only if it is very good at the ordinary operations.

Marcel Herrmann Telles

#11. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness.

Helen Keller

#12. I had written hundreds of memos during my 26 years at the company, and all had shared a common thread. They were about self-examination in the pursuit of excellence, and a willingness not to embrace the status quo. This is a cornerstone of my leadership philosophy.

Howard Schultz