Excellence Quotes

990 quotes by 615 authors

The pathway to educational excellence lies within each school. — Terrence E. Deal
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker
A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor. — Terry Orlick
Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles. — Terry Orlick
The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a… — Terry Orlick
Most people are too busy working on insignificant projects and pursuing life's frivolities to tap their creative abilities. It's a mistake to be one of… — Ernie J Zelinski
You are moving in and out of different advanced states of mind through your practice of meditation and mindfulness. It's that level of excellence that… — Frederick Lenz
Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves. — Hermann Hesse
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do… — Horace
Sometimes even excellent Homer nods. — Horace
There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art. — Baltasar Gracian
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as… — Baltasar Gracian
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. / No one knows what he can do till he tries. — Publilius Syrus
The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Still constant is a wondrous excellence. — William Shakespeare
Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop… — William Shakespeare
The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it. — Eric Hoffer
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. The editor of… — Ambrose Bierce
Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence. — Aristotle

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