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# James L. Harmon

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##  Quotes by James L. Harmon

> [“Michelangelo’s mistakes, frozen within testimony of concrete—what they suggest is that mistakes are, first and foremost, a by-product of the pursuit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-harmon/michelangelo-s-mistakes-frozen-within-testimony-of-concrete-what-they/)

James L. Harmon

[Excellence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excellence/)

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> [“The arena of no-mistakes is not perfectionism, though every pious figure of authority on earth would have you believe this, but mediocrity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-harmon/the-arena-of-no-mistakes-is-not-perfectionism-though-every-pious/)

James L. Harmon

[Excellence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excellence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/james-l-harmon-79695_excellence_the-arena-of-no-mistakes-is-not-perfecti_997459.jpg)

> [“Believe in the gifts you’ve been given in this life and fight anyone to the death who attempts to douse that spirit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-l-harmon/believe-in-the-gifts-you-ve-been-given-in-this-life-and-fight-anyone/)

James L. Harmon

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