Excellence Quotes

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Good is not good, where better is expected — Thomas Fuller
I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come… — Gordon B. Hinckley
People simply feel better about themselves when theyâ€™re good at something. — Stephen Covey
Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor. — Noah Webster
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds. — Winston Churchill
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his… — James A. Michener
To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.) — Voltaire
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. — Albert Schweitzer
Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have… — Robert A. Heinlein
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. — Richard Bach
People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. — Joel Osteen
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging… — Nikos Kazantzakis
All great writers have, of course, an atmosphere in which they seem most at their ease and at their best; a mood of the general… — Virginia Woolf
[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is… — Wendell Berry
I wished that my job was baking muffins in a muffin shop, where all I'd have to do was crack eggs and measure flour and… — Jennifer Weiner
Work is an antidote for anxiety, and ointment for sorrow, and a doorway to possibility. Whatever our circumstances in life, my dear brethren, let us… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there's reason to live! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can… — Richard Bach
Excellence does not require perfection. — Henry James
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. — Mia Hamm

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