Excellence iis never an accident, it is the result of high intention, sincere efforts, intelligient direction, skillful execution and the vision to see obstacle as opportunities.

1. If I were to be 22, I will learn and
operate in the:
SEVENAREAS OF
EXCELLENCE

2. WHAT IS EXCELLENCE?
EXCELLENCE is the state of quality of being exceptionally good
“Excellence is never an accident; it is the
result of high intention, sincere effort,
intelligent direction, skillful execution and the
vision to see obstacles as opportunities.”
Anonymous.

3. WHAT IS EXCELLENCE?

4. • SPIRITUAL DEPTH
• INTELLECTUAL GROWTH:
• EMOTIONAL HELP
• PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
• CHARITABLE LIVING
• FINANCIAL SUCCESS
• RELATIONSHIP
Seven Areas of Excellence

5. Ten Quotable quotes Paraphrases
 We should give the Lord the
excellence He deserves in everything
we do”. Ricky Skaggs
 “Never allow your desires to lead
you away from God; allow nothing
else to control you other than God
and His Word. No matter what you
see or pass through, don’t allow
them to define you.” Jaachynma
N.E. Agu
 “Faith is not the belief that God will
do what you want. It is the belief
that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones
 God is the only Superior being;
He made all things perfectly.
He deserves our praises .
 We must not allow ambitions to
take the place of God in our
lives, but we should commit
our ways to God’s hand and not
be distracted with what we see.
 To believe in God is to know
that God is always right and
cannot do wrong.
1. SPIRITUAL DEPTH

6. Spiritual Depth (Contd)
 “The function of prayer is not to
influence God, but rather to
change the nature of the one
who prays.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
 “All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator for all I have
not seen.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
 “Faith, a gift from God, is one of
the most powerful forces
governing our universe, just as
the unseen power of gravity
works to pull all things down, the
unseen power of faith works to
lifts all things up.” --Gene Griffin
Producer
 We pray not to inspire God but
for our lives to be transformed
 We have faith in God because
of what we can see, we also
believe that He is able to meet
all our future needs.
 As the earth and all its fullness
are pull down by the unseen
forces of gravity, the same way,
the unseen power of faith
preforms wonderful works. Faith
is from God and has a high
potency to deliver all things..

7. Spiritual Depths Cont.
 “The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply
because they have perfect faith, for to have
faith is to have wings.”
― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird
 “Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not
just how you believe.”
― Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True
Story
 “Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
 “Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your
prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The
dry seasons do not last. The spring rains will
come.”
Sarah Ban Breathnach Writer
 “Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't
ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you
find yourself succumbing to one of the above
for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush
yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where
you left off. But never, ever, ever give up.”
Richelle E. Goodrich
 By Faith, we can do exploit, we can
attain excellence. Nothing shall be
impossible unto them that has faith.
 The way we are and the degree of
exploit we carry is a function of the
level of our faith.
 We see things happening by our faith.
We can attain excellence if we have
faith.
 Have faith in God and believe that your
prayers have been answered. The
present situation notwithstanding,
expect a bright future.
 We should keep going and keep trying
no matter the situation of life. With
prayer and faith, we can subdue
mountains

8. Ten quotable quotes Paraphrases
 “One isn't necessarily born with courage,
but one is born with potential. Without
courage, we cannot practice any other
virtue with consistency. We can't be kind,
true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
Maya Angelou (born 1928);
 “The quality of a person's life is in direct
proportion to their commitment to
excellence, regardless of their chosen field
of endeavor.”
Vincent "Vince" Lombardi (1913-1970);
Athletic Coach
 “If you are content with the best you have
done, you will never become the best you
can be.”
Unknown
 Courage can be acquired but
potential is in born. When you
are surrounded with courageous
people, one becomes courageous.
It takes courage to do exploit.
 A life lived in pursuit of
excellence would be fulfilled;
When we sow the seed of
excellence, we also reap
excellence.
 Don’t rest on your oars, Keep
doing the right things at all
times.
2. INTELLECTUAL GROWTH

9. Intellectual Growth (Contd)
 “Let’s give the
historians something
to write about”
Propertius (45 BC-15
BC)
 “Mediocrity will never
do. You are capable of
something better.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley
 “If you don't have time
to do it right, when will
you have the time to do
it over?”
― John Wooden
 Keep doing good always
for our work will speak for
us when we are no longer
there.
 Never look imagine
yourself weakness, but
look at your ability. Have
a positive mentality to do
something better.
 Always do the right things
at the right time, avoid
procrastination.

10. Intellectual Growth Cont.
 “Excellence is to do a common thing
in an uncommon way.”
― Booker T. Washington
 “Even if nature shuts itself down all
over again to give all men a level
playing field, it is still only those
who stand out with excellence that
will rise and rule over others”
― Constance Chuks Friday
 “A visionary is a leader of excellence
who sees what others do not see,
who achieves for now and plans for
the future, who positively impacts
different generations and raises up
other visionaries.”
― Onyi Anyado
 To achieve extraordinary progress
in any life endeavour requires
putting in extraordinary efforts.
 No matter the circumstances of
life, a man of excellence will be
sought for to take charge.
 A leader of excellence is a visionary
leader who sees beyond now, a
man of great achievements and a
planner. He does not think of
himself but he think of how to
influence others positively.

11. Ten quotable quotes Paraphrase
 “Compassion is the ultimate and most
meaningful embodiment of emotional
maturity. It is through compassion that a
person achieves the highest peak and deepest
reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment.”
Arthur Jersild
 “The sharing of joy, whether physical,
emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a
bridge between the sharers which can be the
basis for understanding much of what is not
shared between them, and lessens the threat
of their difference.”
Audre Lorde (1934-1992);
• “I hug him tightly. “I can’t imagine my life
without you, Christian. I love you so much it
frightens me.” “Me, too,” he breathes. “My
life would be empty without you. I love you so
much.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades Darker
 We must share in other peoples
feelings either good or bad, pain or
joy; by doing this, we show love
and cares to one another and
genuine reconciliation.
 As a Christian, we should learn to
show love, care and share our
feelings.
 It take great sacrifice to acquire
knowledge
3. EMOTIONAL HELP

12. Emotional Help (Cont.)
 “Higher learning
undergoes emotional
pressure.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
 “Real Love Spread Real
Happiness!”
― Nasir
 “Over intellect will make
you a genius, over
emotions will make you a
lunatic.”
― Amit Kalantri
 “I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.”
― Jess C. Scott,
 “I envy people that know love.
That have someone who takes
them as they are.”
― Jess C. Scott,
 To develop knowledge requires
sharing of ones burden.
 When we sow the seed of love,
we deposit joy to peoples life
 To be highly intelligent is to be
envied, to be over emotion
makes a person foolish
 A man of motional character
show love and accept people
the way they are.

13. Emotional Help(cont)
 “People in love overvalue
their heart and undervalue
their mind.”
― Amit Kalantri
 “Don't overestimate your
emotions and
underestimate your
intelligence.”
― Amit Kalantri
 “Emotions manipulates the
man more than habits do.”
― Amit Kalantri
 Love in the heart of a man
cannot be bought with a
price, it is above human
comprehension.
 We must not allow our
feelings to outshine our
thinking.
 A man of emotion has no
control over the affairs of
his life, he is always loving.

14. Ten Quotable Quotes Paraphrases
 “These virtues are formed in man
by his doing the actions ... The
good of man is a working of the
soul in the way of excellence in a
complete life.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean
Ethics
 “I hope you will simply do what
you can do in the best way you
know. If you do so, you will
witness miracles come to pass.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley
 “If you’re any good at all, you
know you can be better.”
― Lindsay Buckingham
 Keep putting effort no
matter what. Do your very
best and you will command
amazing results.
 Don’t rest until your good
becomes best and best
becomes better. Put in
more effort in a task so as
to achieve better results
 Cultivate the habit of loving
good things, to hate
excellence is to hate God.
4. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

15. Physical appearance (Cont.)
 “To hate excellence is to
hate the gods.”
― Mary Renault, The
Persian Boy
 “When the actions
becomes frequent than
the words, success
becomes heavier than the
dreams. Do more, say
less.”
― Israelmore Ayivor
 Goodly character is not
in-born, it is formed by
constant working it out
unto perfection.
 Success in life requires
taking steps, avoid
procrastinating, take
action; action speaks
louder than voice.

16. Physical appearance (Cont.)
 “You cannot score a goal when you
are sitting on the bench. To do so,
you have to dress up and enter the
game.”
― Israelmore Ayivor
 “Anything worth doing, is worth
doing right.”
― Hunter S. Thompson
 “People of excellence go the extra
mile to do what's right.”
― Joel Osteen
 “Perfection is not attainable, but if
we chase perfection we can catch
excellence”
― Vince Lombardi
 “Don't Settle for Mediocrity. Strive
for Excellence”
― Mac James
 To excel requires a hard work and
not being lazy. Only a hard worker
wins the race.
 Be diligent and show commitment to
a giving task
 To excel in life is to work hard;
Success is only achievable through
hard work
 No one could attain the state of
perfection but after continuous
efforts, we would be distinguished.
 Pursue excellence or distinction by
putting more efforts, don’t aim at
being average but strive to be
preferred.

17. Ten Quotable Quotes Paraphrases
 “The hero is one who kindles a great
light in the world, who sets up blazing
torches in the dark streets of life for
men to see by. The saint is the man who
walks through the dark paths of the
world, himself a light.”
Felix Adler (1851-1933)
 “To help yourself, help others.
Whatever good you do travels a circle
and returns to you many times over-
but remember, life isn't about what you
get, it's about what you become.”
Dennis Gaskill
 “When God puts love and compassion
in your heart toward someone, He’s
offering you an opportunity to make a
difference in that person’s life. You
must learn to follow that love. Don’t
ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs
what you have.”
― Joel Osteen
 A great man bears the burdens of
others and show the way go, he takes
delight in meeting the needs of others.
A Godly man does not discriminate but
shows love to all.
 To help the needy, we also receive help
from God in the time of need; our life is
a function of how much life we touch by
our giving.
 When God lay it in our heart to give to
the needy, we affect their life
positively, it is a way of sowing seed
which must be pursued with love, it is
an opportunity giving by God.
5. CHARITABLE LIVING

18. Charitable Living (Cont.)
Every good act is charity. A man's
true wealth hereafter is the good that
he does in this world to his fellows.”
Mohammed
 “Joy is a net of love by which you
can catch souls.”
Mother Teresa (1910-1997);
 “I have found the paradox that if I
love until it hurts, then there is no
hurt, but only more love.”
Mother Teresa (1910-1997);
 “We can do no great things - only
small things with great love.”
Mother Teresa (1910-1997);
 The wealth of a man is
measured by his giving life,
 Love captures souls, we win
people to our side with joy by
showing them love.
 There is no harm in love, love
covers multitude of sins
 With love, we can achieve great
things

19. Charitable Living (Cont.)
 Six essential qualities that
are the key to success:
Sincerity, personal integrity,
humility, courtesy, wisdom,
charity.”
Dr. William Claire Menninger (1899-1966);
 “Charity activities are the
force which gives our life
meaning.”
Mazhar El Shorbagi
 “It's not about how much
you do, but how much love
you put into what you do
that counts.”
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
 Sincerity, personal integrity,
humility, courtesy, wisdom
and charity are the six
important attributes to
succeed in life
 Charity is a potent strength
that holds the world;
Without charity, life will not
be worth of living.
 Life is not about how much
efforts we put in, but how
much life is touched by our
giving

20. Ten Quotable Quotes Paraphrases
 “Prosperity starts in ones heart not
their pocket.”
― Ricky Maye
 “A certain way to have financial
security in life is not enough savings,
but enough ability.”
― Amit Kalantri
 “Financial fitness is not pipe dream
or a state of mind it's a reality if you
are willing to pursue it and embrace
it.”
― Will Robinson
 “A huge mistake that many of us
make is to work hard our entire life
for money and not require money to
work for us in return.”
― Daniel Willey
 To think rich is to prosper, and to
think poor is to live in penury,
prosperity is a thing of the heart.
 Financial security is a function of
our skills and not by how much
money we have in stock.
 To be financially stable requires
adequate positioning of our mind
set
 Many people pursue over money
all their lives thereby making it
their master instead of servant,
we should therefore allow money
to work for us instead of we
working for money.
6. FINANCIAL SUCCESS.

21. Financial Success (Contd.)
 “It's good to have money and
the things that money can
buy, but it's good, too, to
make sure that you haven't
lost the things that money
can't buy.” George Horace
Lorimer (1899-1937);
 “Never work just for money
or for power. They won't
save your soul or help you
sleep at night.” Marian
Wright Edelman (born
1939);
 “The darkest hour in any
man's life is when he sits
down to plan how to get
money without earning it.”
Horace Greeley (1811-1872)
 To have money and
abundance of things is good,
but we must be careful not to
loose other virtues that
money can not buy.
 We should be conscious of
how to make heaven rather
than pursuing after money
and position of authority.
 A man without money lives in
an obscured life because he is
unable to meet the basic
needs of life.

22. Financial Success (Contd.)
 “Financial fitness is not pipe
dream or a state of mind it's
a reality if you are willing to
pursue it and embrace it.”
― Will Robinson
 “If you think rightly, every
problem is financial problem
or eventually becomes one.”
― Amit Kalantri
 “You should be concerned
about the state of your soul,
not the state of your bank
account.”
― Jennifer Weiner, Little
Earthquakes
 Prosperity is a function of
our thinking, it does not
come through day dream. It
becomes a reality if we work
it out.
 It is a general believe that
lack of money give rise to
problem.
 Our life does not consist of
the abundance of wealth we
have but our relationship
with our God.

23. Ten Quotable Quotes Paraphrases
 “Sincere compliments cost nothing and
can accomplish much. In any
relationship, they are the applause that
refreshes. "Steve Goodier
 “The most basic and powerful way to
connect to another person is to listen.
Just listen. Perhaps the most important
thing we ever give each other is our
attention...A loving silence often has far
more power to heal and to connect than
the most well-intentioned words.” Rachel
Naomi Remen
 “I just think it's silly to be stingy with
compliments. If you see someone and
they strike you as beautiful in any way,
why not let them know?” Jill Scott (born
1972)
 Saying commentary remarks to
one another builds a cordial
relationship. Complements
provokes happiness in a
relationship
 We should learn to listen to other
people’s views and opinions before
taking action. Listening mind build
a strong relationship.
 We should lean to appreciate good
thing or an individual with distinct
character. say good things about
good efforts and other people’s
character.
7. RELATIONSHIP

24. RELATIONSHIP (Contd.)
 “I mean, if the
relationship can't survive
the long term, why on
earth would it be worth
my time and energy for
the short term?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
 “When you don't talk, there's
a lot of stuff that ends up not
getting said.”
― Catherine Gilbert
Murdock,
 “Only a life lived for others is
worth living.” Albert
Einstein (1879-1955);
 We should build a long
term relationship which
will stand the test of time
while a short term
relationship is a mere
waste of time and it will
crumble.
 A close mouth is a close
destiny; When we close
our mouth, we conceal
useful information
 We should be committed
to other peoples cause, be
willing to serve others.

25. RELATIONSHIP (Contd.)
 “I know enough to know that no
woman should ever marry a man who
hated his mother.”
― Martha Gellhorn,
 “The most painful thing is losing
yourself in the process of loving
someone too much, and forgetting that
you are special too.”
― Ernest Hemingway,
 “I may not always be with you
But when we're far apart
Remember you will be with me
Right inside my heart” ― Marc
Wambolt
 “I think the key indicator for wealth is
not good grades, work ethic or IQ. I
believe it's relationships. Ask yourself
two questions: How many people do I
know, and how much ransom money
could I get for each one?”
― Jarod Kintz
 A man who hated his mother will hate
his wife, such a man should not marry a
wife at all.
 We should remember that we are
equally special. It will be very painful
loosing our values in the process of
loving someone too much.
 A last relationship is devoid of out of
sight and out of mind; people in a
relationship are always connected in
the spirit when they are far apart from
each other.
 Good grades, work ethics or intellects
are not the key for measuring wealth,
prosperity is measured by the our
ability to maintain a long term
relationship.

26. Thank you.