“Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.”

— Tom Peters, book In Search of Excellence

Source: In Search of Excellence (1982), p. 75.

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American writer on business management practices 1942

Tom Peters book In Search of Excellence

Source: In Search of Excellence (1982), p. 280.

“The power he commanded insisted upon subjects. Strength was ever relative, and he could not dominate without the company of the dominated.”

Steven Erikson book Gardens of the Moon

Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 20 (p. 555)

“Because we live in such a mind-dominated culture, most modern art, architecture, music, and literature are devoid of beauty, of inner essence, with very few exceptions.”

Eckhart Tolle book The Power of Now

Source: The Power of Now (1997)

“The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.”

John Wyndham book The Chrysalids

Source: The Chrysalids

“Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”

Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general

This evokes Will Durant's famous summation of Aristotle: "Excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
2000s, The Powell Principles (2003)
Context: If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.