I'm writing a piece on Thailand, based really on achieving some kind of excellence in your life/work, to really excel and to strive to be number one in something.

I want to head the piece with a quotation from a Buddhist teaching as I hope it will set off the piece nicely, something rather short, but catchy and to the point. I'm not a great reader of the teachings so I don't know any accurate quotes myself and wondering if any of you people out there could help me?

Thx in advance for any responses.

Jai Yen = Jai Dee

or something along those lines

I'm writing a piece on Thailand, based really on achieving some kind of excellence in your life/work, to really excel and to strive to be number one in something.

  I want to head the piece with a quotation from a Buddhist teaching as I hope it will set off the piece nicely, something rather short, but catchy and to the point.  I'm not a great reader of the teachings so I don't know any accurate quotes myself and wondering if any of you people out there could help me?

  Thx in advance for any responses.

You might find what you need in this thread of the Buddhism branch:

buddhist quotations

And a few more ...

Were there a mountain all made of gold,

doubled that would not be enough

to satisfy a single man:

know this and live accordingly.

Samyutta Nikaya I, 117

Whose mind is like rock, steady, unmoved,

dispassionate for things that spark passion,

unangered by things that spark anger:

When one's mind is developed like this,

from where can there come suffering & stress?

Udana IV, 4

Those who mistake the unessential to be essential

and the essential to be unessential,

dwelling in wrong thoughts,

never arrive at the essential.

Dhammapada 11

Rouse yourself! Sit up!

Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

Do not let the king of death, seeing you are careless,

lead you astray and dominate you.

Sutta Nipata II, 10

One is the quest for worldly gain,

and quite another is the path to Nibbana.

Clearly understanding this,

let not the monk, the disciple of the Buddha,

be carried away by worldly acclaim,

but develop detachment instead.

Dhammapada 75