Exceptional Quotes - Page 14

• Hitler was without a doubt exceptional in his criminal deeds. Yet in many respects, he was not at all out of the ordinary.

  Volker Ullrich

  Doubt, Criminals, Ordinary

  5 Copy quote

• Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.

  Victoria Moran

  Self Esteem, Awe And Wonder, Conflict

  8 Copy quote

• I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the conditions were unusually favourable for the development of the individual; not by any means owing to the goodness of the people, but because of the struggles of their evil instincts.With the help of favourable measures great individuals might be reared who would be both different from and higher than those who heretofore have owed their existence to mere chance. Here we may still be hopeful: in the rearing of exceptional men.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Struggle, Mean, Men

  5 Copy quote

• And it's only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we'll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we'll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.

  Bob Iger

  Stars, War, Character

  "Disney CEO Confirms STAR WARS EPISODE VIII and IX Release Dates" by Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. January 29, 2015.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Angelo is a brilliant jazz talent. His receptivity, seriousness, his ability to execute ideas simple or complex, combined with his love and feel for the substance of jazz reveal why he is an exceptional artist.

  Mulgrew Miller

  Artist, Simple, Ideas

  4 Copy quote

• Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can never do anything at variance with his own nature. He carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.

  George Eliot

  Wise, Lying, Reflection

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.126, Wordsworth Editions

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle. Spiritual selfishness always wants repeated moments on the mount. We feel we could talk like angels and live like angels, if only we could stay on the mount. The times of exaltation are exceptional, they have their meaning in our life with God, but we must beware lest our spiritual selfishness wants to make them the only time.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Inspiration, Angel

  4 Copy quote

• There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of my mind for a long time. It was growing and growing, so finally I said, 'I must paint this.' I come from East Germany and am not a Marxist, so of course at the time I had no sympathy for the ideas, or for the ideology that these people represented. I couldn't understand, but I was still impressed. Like everyone, I was touched. It was an exceptional moment for Germany.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, East Germany, Ideas

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

  Augusto Roa Bastos

  Men, Humanity, States

  10 Copy quote

• I think monogamy is a little unnatural, if I'm totally honest. You change. Things alter. It's the exception rather than the rule and I think it's exceptional to cope with it and manage it. It's hard work.

  Robert Powell

  Hard Work, Thinking, Littles

  6 Copy quote

• British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.

  Craig Charles

  Fans, Three, Lines

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Lucky, Actors, Juilliard

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• Penn State University is also nationally recognized for the exceptional research and patient care provided at the College of Medicine, located in my Congressional District in Hershey, PA.

  Tim Holden

  College, Medicine, Research

  52 Copy quote

• One thing most people don't know is that Steve Jobs is an exceptional designer.

  Jonathan Ive

  Jobs, People, Designer

  4 Copy quote

• It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say, have an exceptional self-confidence which is not only on the surface, but penetrates deep into the subconscious.

  Bertrand Russell

  Self Confidence, Thinking, Roots

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.32, Routledge

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You take a picture of yourself in some exceptional situation - skydiving or whatever. People always post those photos because it works - you're saying something about yourself that begs a conversation and that's what the users are there for.

  Christian Rudder

  People, Pictures Of Yourself, Skydiving

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her.

  Ron Livingston

  Girl, Mother, Jobs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

  Cameron Mackintosh

  Position, Knows, Decades

  4 Copy quote

• Exceptional people are often called crazy by the ordinary world.

  Erica Jong

  Crazy, Ordinary World, People

  FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 13, 2012

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new.

  Georg Baselitz

  Monsters, Want, Tradition

  5 Copy quote

• A writer without a sense of justice or injustice would be better off editing the yearbook for a school for exceptional children.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Children, School, Yearbook

  5 Copy quote

• There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique.

  Santiago Calatrava

  Unique, Wish, Wanted

  191 Copy quote

• The idea of American exceptionalism doesn't extend to Americans being exceptional.

  Maureen Dowd

  Ideas, American Exceptionalism, Exceptionalism

  "Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. September 20, 2008.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Live a life that will help others spiritually, intellectually, physically, financially and relationally. Live a life that serves as a example of what an exceptional life can look like.

  Jim Rohn

  Helping Others, Example, Looks

  8 Copy quote

• Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. There are not two Christs--an easygoing one for easygoing Christians, and a suffering, toiling one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are you willing to abide in Him, and thus to bear much fruit?

  Hudson Taylor

  Christian, Two, Suffering

  13 Copy quote