Very poor piece of work;even for what I call an "edited book".Most quotations have nothing to do with the concept [title]of excellence.There is no rational order,theme,chronology,reason for selected quotes or even an index.For instance;if one wanted to see what J.C.Adams had to say about EXCELLENCE,you'd have to thumb through the book page by page till you come to page 42 where you find "Duty is ours;results are God,s.".What's this got to do with excellence,or even inspiration as suggested on the cover? If these quotes had been thrown together in an evening by a school student ;the effort would recieve only mediocre marks.So,how did it ever get published?I guess what it takes is being vice president of the publishing company.Generally speaking I find "edited books " are poor efforts;but this one takes the prize!