I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Faith is the mightiest force that man has at his command. It impels human beings to greatness in thought and word and deed.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.