Quotes of Excellence - somelinesforyou

“ It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing. ”

- Albert Ellis Michael Abrams Lidia Dengelegi

“ To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. ”

- Aristotle

“ With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. ”

- Aristotle

“ Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. ”

- George F. Will

“ Strive for excellence, not perfection. ”

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“ In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. ”

- Jane Austen

“ The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ”

- Michael J. Fox

“ The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. ”

- Pearl Buck

“ It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. ”

- Sallust

“ The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. ”

- Shana Alexander

“ It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required. ”

- Sir Winston Churchill

“ In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. ”

- Jane Austen

“ To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. ”

- Aristotle

“ I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism. ”

- Oprah Winfrey

“ He's the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont. ”

- Clarence Darrow

“ Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ”

- Aristotle

“ I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ”

- Michael J. Fox

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

- Sun tzu

“ The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them. ”

- Lao tzu

“ Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. ”

- Colin Powell

“ Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. ”

- Pearl Buck

“ The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. ”

- Charles Dudley Warner

“ Excellence is best described as doing the right things right - selecting the most important things to be done and then accomplishing them 100% correctly. ”

- Unknown

“ Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ”

- Harriet Braiker

“ With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. ”

- Aristotle

“ The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. ”

- Sallust
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