Excellence Quotes - Page 8

• A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

  John W. Gardner

  Greatness, People, Perfection

  Dr. John W. Gardner (2015). “Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?”, p.103, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

  Hesiod

  Perseverance, Sweat, Long

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• Strive for excellence, not perfection.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Life, Perfection, Strive

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.35, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

  Livy

  Teacher, Time, Teaching

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• We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.

  William Hazlitt

  Self, Mistress, Circumstances

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1472, Delphi Classics

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• The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Christmas, Lying, Generosity

  Charles Dudley Warner (1871). “My Summer in a Garden”

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• Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Character, Perfection, Simplicity

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Kavanagh (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Excellence always sells.

  Earl Nightingale

  Perfection, Sells

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• Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

  Joe Paterno

  Softball, Sports, Running

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• To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Army

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Exaltation, Delight

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.229, Routledge

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• The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Life, Thinking, Secret

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.175, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Peace, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Dream, Xenophobia

  Twitter post from Aug 14, 2011

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• Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Perfection, Mediocrity, Something Better

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• Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.

  Jerry Moran

  Perfection, Ends, Process

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• Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

  Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

  Life, Sister, Real

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• Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

  Marva Collins

  Motivational Sports, Business, Habit

  Marva Collins (1992). “Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers”, p.114, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Intuition, Intellectual, Quests

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• Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Perseverance

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• Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

  Tom Peters

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Educational

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• Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

  Peter Drucker

  Deep Understanding, Weakness, Achieve

  Peter Ferdinand Drucker (2006). “Classic Drucker: Essential Wisdom of Peter Drucker from the Pages of Harvard Business Review”, p.3, Harvard Business Press

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• No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.

  Scott Kahn

  Skills, Choices, Depth

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• While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible, and from which all excellences must originally flow.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Art, Flow, Study

  sir Joshua Reynolds (1853). “Discourses on the Fine Arts Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy”, p.23

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