Going The Extra Mile Quotes

• Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about! And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your very best. In everything! In every way.

  Jack Johnson

  Mean, Excellence, Details

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• One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Success, Hard Work

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• You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

  Napoleon Hill

  Ambition, Character, Literature

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.32, Lulu.com

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• Today, do just a little bit more. Turn going the extra mile into a habit - it is what lifts most successful people above the crowd.

  Bob Proctor

  Successful, People, Crowds

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Aug 15, 2015

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• Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

  Napoleon Hill

  Opportunity, Miles, Extras

  Napoleon Hill, Judith Williamson (2008). “Timeless Thoughts for Today”, p.159, Jaico Publishing House

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• No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.

  Charles Kendall Adams

  Ultimate Success, Great Success, Distinction

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• There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.

  Zig Ziglar

  Kindness, Jam, Valentine's Day

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• It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.

  Napoleon Hill

  Business, Men, Doe

  "The Science of Success: Napoleon Hill's Proven Program for Prosperity and Happiness".

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Parenting

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Miracle in the World”, p.99, Bantam

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• Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit

  Bruce Lee

  Habit, Miles, Extras

  Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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• Excellence is going the extra mile.

  Joyce Meyer

  Excellence, Miles, Extras

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.

  Jim Larranaga

  Life, Motivational, Kids

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• It's never crowded along the extra mile.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “A Promise Is a Promise: An Almost Unbelievable Story of a Mother's Unconditional Love and What It Can Teach Us: Easyread Large Edition”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

  Charles Kendall Adams

  Success, Greatness, Excellence

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• The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Analysis, Genius

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• Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

  Anne Lamott

  Birthday, People, Bitter

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• I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.

  Bryan White

  Money, Believe, Fire

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