Excellence Quotes

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I demand excellence from the people I work with. — Ricky Schroder
I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was… — Nina Simone
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. — Baruch Spinoza
The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner,… — Lysander Spooner
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds… — Charles R. Swindoll
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one… — Thomas Szasz
People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is… — Margaret Thatcher
Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Men are born to succeed, not to fail. — Henry David Thoreau
I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least. — Justin Timberlake
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. — Alexis de Tocqueville
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have. — Leonardo da Vinci
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. — Voltaire
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. — Voltaire
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. — Booker T. Washington
I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out. — Emma Watson
There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster
When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. — Harvey Weinstein
When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a… — Harvey Weinstein

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