Excellence Quotes

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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence. — Euripides
Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs. — Charles R. Swindoll
Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could… — Thomas Sowell
After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet… — Vince Lombardi
If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence. — Aristotle
All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose. — John W. Gardner
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's… — Greg LeMond
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. — Aristotle
Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. — John W. Gardner
To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little… — Oliver Goldsmith
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. . . . There will always… — James Bryant Conant
Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. — Shaquille O'Neal
Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. — Sun Tzu
Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity. — Jack Welch
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. — Marabel Morgan
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment. — William Arthur Ward
To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his excellence; to be with Christ… — Charles Hodge
When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where the… — Ernest L. Boyer
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give… — Ernest L. Boyer

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