Excellence Quotes

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For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father:… — Richelle Mead
In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too dynamic, complex, and… — Timothy Leary
If you focus on success, youâ€™ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed. — Deepak Chopra
winning is not everything it is the only thing — Vince Lombardi
Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. — Thornton Wilder
I predict a long reign ahead of you. Years of being referred to as Your Majesty, Your Grace, Your Excellence, My Liege, My Queen, My… — Amanda Hocking
Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal… — Jeffrey R. Holland
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. — Oscar Wilde
God created meâ€”and youâ€”to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passionâ€”namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all… — John Piper
For there is in mankind an unfortunate propensity to make themselves, their views and their works, the measure of excellence in every thing whatsoever — Edmund Burke
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Every job is a self portrait of the person… — Vince Lombardi
She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both… — Fanny Burney
Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand arms, the sea with its… — Michel Foucault
I didn't have friends. No one talked to me. I used to go to the Wyndcroft School (nationally recognized for academic excellence) in Pottstown, and… — Taylor Swift
There were profound reasons for his attachment to the sea: he loved it because as a hardworking artist he needed rest, needed to escape from… — Thomas Mann
A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his… — Confucius
Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty. — Patch Adams
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father… — Francois Fenelon
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and… — John Gardner

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