Excellence Quotes

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Choose to achieve perfection. We won't achieve it because perfection is impossible. But by pursuing perfection, we will achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi
Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice. — David Oyelowo
Donâ€™t tolerate any form of average. Donâ€™t accept Dis-excellence. Donâ€™t stand for mediocre. If youâ€™re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best. — Robin Sharma
Excellence requires discomfort. — T.D. Jakes
Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards. — Anthony Bourdain
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. — Shaquille O'Neal
PHYSIOGNOMY, n. The art of determining the character of another by the resemblances and differences between his face and our own, which is the standard… — Ambrose Bierce
Biography, especially of the great and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its… — Horace Mann
The five excellences include: calligraphy, painting, poetry, medicine, and t'ai chi chuan. — Cheng Man-ch'ing
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what… — Walter Pater
There is a family of us who have this yearning for a kind of excellence that we can manifest every day of our lives, a… — Richard Bach
Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in… — Vince Lombardi
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence? — Sophocles
Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence — Tara Fela-Durotoye
Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood,… — Andreas Feininger
Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre. — Joseph Joubert
Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts. Success is measured… — Joe Paterno
Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put… — Hesiod
A serious athlete to me is one who is committed to excellence at any level, at any age, in any endeavor and in either sex.… — Carol Mann
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. life with ups and downs is better than a flat life or one that goes in circles.… — Marabel Morgan

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