It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Where you find quality, you will find a craftsman, not a quality-control expert. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Always strive for excellence. What you plant now, you will harvest later. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
If we pretend to have reached either perfection or satisfaction, we have degraded ourselves and our work. God's work only may express… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
“If you let your man-made actions to be more frequent than your man-said words you will travail with praise in man-win visions.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their… — Horace Copy Share Image
To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
This is our master, famous, calm, and dead, Borne on our shoulders. — Robert Browning Copy Share Image