Excellence Quotes

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You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity. — Colin Powell
The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low. — Aristotle
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good… — Richard Avedon
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which… — Charles de Gaulle
Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged… — Audre Lorde
I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If… — Jack Welch
We believe this combination of excellence in operations and strong execution of our strategy is critical to achieve our vision. We will continue to focus… — Azim Premji
You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories… — James Daly
Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence. — John C. Maxwell
People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity.… — Orison Swett Marden
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence. — Francis Chan
Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and turns mediocrity into… — Andy Andrews
The piano is the social instrument par excellence... drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, the most massive of the devices by which the young… — Jacques Barzun
The science of constructing a commonwealth or renovating it, or reforming it, is...not to be taught a priori...That which in the first instance is prejudicial… — Edmund Burke
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it. — Hesiod
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth. — Muhammad
Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence. — Plato

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