Top 100 Excel Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Excel Quotes from famous people such as Jeffrey Zeldman, Wendy Kopp, Kylie Bunbury, Eric Adams, Herb Ritts, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I could open a thousand Excel documents and still never

I could open a thousand Excel documents and still never think to scroll past a wall of empty rows to see if, hidden beneath them, there is a tab I need to click. Just doesn’t occur to me. Because, design.
Jeffrey Zeldman
Whenever we’ve seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it’s been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
Wendy Kopp
I think pressure is good. Just watching my brother and my dad be professional athletes, I think pressure has driven them and has caused them to excel more.
Kylie Bunbury
This is not a socialist country; let’s be clear on that. This is a country that believes: give people the opportunities and they will be able to exceed and excel in this country. And I believe in that is because that’s what I saw in my personal journey and the journey of so many people who come to this country.
Eric Adams
Many people who excel are self-taught.
Herb Ritts
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus
One of the things I thought was lost in the move to a smaller court was there were fewer smaller players. Like, you have to have a huge blocker to be able to excel, but that wasn’t always the case.
Karch Kiraly
I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn’t know what.
Steve Prefontaine
For the most part I excel as being the bad guy, and that’s definitely a strong point for me.
Wade Barrett
There aren’t a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I’ve managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.
Tom Scholz
It is my philosophy that one should not excel in only one thing but try to strike a balance between different things.
Mawra Hocane
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.
Andre Breton
How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.
Robert Mondavi
These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.
Giraldus Cambrensis
The SCMP, in short, reveals the renewed spirit of Hong Kong driven by my government – connect and excel – and in its passionate commitment to the community.
Carrie Lam
I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream – the immigrant who comes to this country and is allowed to excel. How many other countries would let me do that?
Friedrich St. Florian
It’s not that acting was something I’d always wanted to do. I had no formal training; I’d never really imagined I’d be an actress. Business was something that had always been in my mind, but when I got into acting, I learned everything on set, and for me at that point, I wanted to excel at what I did.
Preity Zinta
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.
Jesse Jackson
Those who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel.
Mary Kay Ash
My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, ‘Don’t be afraid to excel. Don’t be afraid to be great.’
Russell Wilson
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.
Ashwin Sanghi
I feel like there’s so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls.
Sophia Amoruso
It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
Michael Phelps
I call the blockchain ‘the Internet of value’ and ‘the Internet of trust.’ Because everything becomes trustless. It’s a big distributed ledger. Think of it like an Excel file that’s being maintained and updated and managed by millions of computers around the world.
Brock Pierce
The only exercise I excel at is jumping to conclusions.
James Nathan Miller
I think the offseason, it’s an offseason, but it’s where you can excel and where you can pass guys. It’s something I always take super serious.
George Kittle
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can’t deny an amazing voice. You can’t deny amazing athletic prowess. Physically, it’s evident. But in other industries, circumstance is more of a thing.
Santan Dave
Men and machines are good at different things. People form plans and make decisions in complicated situations. We are less good at making sense of enormous amounts of data. Computers are exactly the opposite: they excel at efficient data processing but struggle to make basic judgments that would be simple for any human.
Peter Thiel
Modeling is not something you excel because you are clever but is based on physical appearance, but then you have to be a businesswoman, like, to keep your longevity.
Gelila Bekele
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.
Robert Mondavi
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this.
Willie Mays
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives

Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick
I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel.
Daniel Akaka
The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.
Angela Duckworth
I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
Sheryl Sandberg
I come from Wall Street, and you’ll never see me do a PowerPoint because I’m all about Excel spreadsheets. If it’s not in the numbers, I don’t care how strategic it is; it doesn’t play out.
Safra A. Catz
Secrecy is hardly new on Planet Girl: as many an eye-rolling boy will tell you, girls excel at eluding the prying questions of grown ups. And who can blame them? From an early age, young women learn that to be a ‘good girl,’ they must be nice, avoid conflict, and make friends with everyone.
Rachel Simmons
I’m a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy.
Jack Nicklaus
My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or biology because… the voyagers and adventurers and real contributors – that’s where they come from.
Michael Moritz
I’m a guy that doesn’t really care what position. Whatever one I can excel at and help the team is the one I want to be playing.
Jason McCourty
‘Dream Act’ kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.
Jeff Hawkins
I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.
Joel Osteen
When we tell girls that we expect them to pursue education and excel in education, we are changing the narrative and are opening the door to the leaders of our future.
Tedros Adhanom
Football is a team game and none can survive or excel without the help of the other.
Sunil Chhetri
I’ve seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that.
David Kay
Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.
Anupam Kher
God’s desire is that we excel.
Joel Osteen
The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime’s so great as daring to excel.
Charles Churchill
Bruce possessed such a natural athleticism in everything he attempted to do. He seemed to excel in every sport he tried. Whatever he did, he was daring and cut an amazing form.
Linda Thompson
Getting all the things down game-management wise, that’s what I want to excel at.
Nick Foles
I don’t want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.
Mawra Hocane
In any business, there are facilities that excel at what they do and others that need improvement and further training.
Abby Johnson
I look up to my brother so much. I look at a lot of my competitiveness and motivation to play, and excel in, college football. It came from him.
Taysom Hill
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville
If you can provide value somewhere and have a coach who believes in you and creates opportunities for you, it’s so important to continue to try to excel.
Taysom Hill
Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
Ted Williams
Often dyslexic kids will excel in being a little bit mischievous or tying to find attention in other ways because they’re not getting it in class.
Charley Boorman
Faith is the substance of hope – of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So if you can hope for it and imagine it, and keep imagining and hoping and seeing yourself driving a new car, or seeing yourself getting that job, or seeing yourself excel, seeing yourself help that person – that is faith.
Duane Chapman
My parents really pushed me to excel in school. Education was always important to them, so it was important to me.
Sunny Hostin
I have the cliche ‘struggling actor’ story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.A. soon after graduation to get some jobs, but it didn’t work out. I wanted to cut my teeth in professional theater, so I came back to New York. It made my journey a longer one, but I really wanted to excel in the theater.
Pedro Pascal
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.
Bobby Scott
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We’ve always had to do that because men don’t have to.
Maria Konnikova
Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a

Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a matter of gender, is almost entirely dependent on culture – a culture that teaches girls math isn’t cool and no one will date them if they excel in physics.
Eileen Pollack
All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.
Samuel Richardson
I can excel in any situation, and like I’ve said, I’m not pro-WWE or anti-ECW – I’m pro-Edge. I don’t care about promotions; I care about myself, plain and simple.
Edge
Convergence and the blurring of lines across industries creates the opportunity for women to really excel.
Lynne Doughtie
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
Alexander the Great
I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.
Joel Osteen
I look at directing as a sporting event. It’s a race, a marathon. It’s great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.
Michael Bay
It’s motivating to watch younger teams excel.
Scott Moir
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.
Nancy Lopez
Basketball players, the good ones, are no one-shot specialisls. This is a game which puts a premium on your ability to hit that hoop consistently, and to excel in it you’ve got to have a variety of shots.
George Mikan
With ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ being the first film and ‘Lakshya’ being the second, what people can expect from Excel Entertainment as a company, and from me as a director, is just good, clean entertainment. And hopefully, some residue of an idea or thought that you can take home and mull over.
Farhan Akhtar
The Iranians excel at identifying potential recruits for terrorist attacks, and then recruiting and training them.
Michael Ledeen
Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.
Richard Rorty
I give people on my team the opportunity to excel as well, and I think that’s what continues to keep me ahead. I may not be able to show or do an interview; I give them the opportunity to run the show, and that has been working.
Karen Civil
Be known as a great resource. Are you an Excel genius? An expert on local restaurants? Fabulous at proofreading? Go beyond your job description by being an open resource for others in the company who could benefit from your talents. I believe that paying it forward will serve you well one way or another in the future.
Katrina Lake
I had to give everything I had to one event if I wanted to excel.
Chris LeDoux
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn
No hotels have gone out of business because of Airbnb… Airbnb is not a perfect substitute for a hotel. We excel at different things.
Nathan Blecharczyk
By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it’s possible to learn how things are done – the mechanics of writing, so to speak – and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
Nicholas Sparks
I am passionate about higher education and am hugely impressed by Portsmouth’s mission to encourage students from every walk of life to excel.
Sandi Toksvig
Action was something I really wanted to do and will continue doing it in future as well, but at the same time, I know dancing and songs are huge part of Bollywood, and it will be my top priority to excel in that.
Amy Jackson
I wanted to become an engineer and I believed in myself. I was the lone girl to enrol for engineering studies, then. But the college provided me an opportunity to excel in my life.
Sudha Murty
My strength is looking for composition and light, and I think those things come in the quieter times of war or photographing people affected on the margins of war – civilians, refugees; that is where I really excel.
Lynsey Addario
Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It’s actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
Rachel True
This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.
Jesse Helms
I think it’s just having grown up around all that, it inspires you to excel in the sport that maybe your parents did. We grew up all around the water, and that sort of set our direction.
Emma McKeon
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
Aristotle
One who is persistent will excel.
Venus Williams
People can forget your name, but if you excel at what you do, at least someone will remember you.
Pankaj Tripathi
If I was a white rapper, the bar for me would be Eminem. Of course his white skin helped him excel to heights that a lot of other rappers couldn’t, but he still was talented. People gravitated towards him because of his skills. He stood the test of time.
Charlamagne tha God
The wrestling experiences I’ve had, the understanding I have of my body, that stuff has allowed me to excel.
Johny Hendricks
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein o

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Plutarch
Both my parents wanted me to excel academically, like every other parent. They wanted me to pursue my higher studies.
Aishwarya Lekshmi
No child should be deprived the opportunity to excel.
London Breed
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Alexander the Great
You need just as much drive to be a good businessman as you do to excel as an athlete.
Eddy Merckx
My generation was advised to focus on one area to excel.
Sreenivasan
I am proud of whatever my parents have achieved. In fact, it drives me to excel in life, to perform even better and explore myself.
Prateik Babbar