Excellence
is a Drive from Inside
A gentleman was once visiting a
temple under construction. In
the temple
premises, he saw a sculptor
making an idol of God. Suddenly
he saw, just a
few meters away, another
identical idol was lying.
Surprised he asked the sculptor,
Do you need two statutes of the
same idol.
No said the sculptor. We need
only one, but the first one got
damaged at
the last stage. The gentleman
examined the sculptor. No
apparent damage was
visible. Where is the damage
asked the gentleman. There is a
scratch on the
nose of the idol. Where are you
going to keep the idol. The
sculptor replied
that it will be installed on a
pillar 20 feet high.
When the idol will be 20 feet
away from the eyes of the
beholder, who is
going to know that there
is scratch on the nose ? The
gentleman asked.
The sculptor looked at
the gentleman, smiled and said
" The God knows it
and I know it ".
The desire to excel should be
exclusive of the fact whether
someone
appreciates it or not.
Excellence is a drive from "
Inside " not " Outside".
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