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Excellence Quotes by Joshua Reynolds
- Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no…
- Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry…
- Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.
- The excellence of every art, must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose
- While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible, and from which all excellences must…
- It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He…
- An artist who brings to his work a mind tolerably furnished with the general principles of art, and a taste formed upon the works of…
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- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot
- No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of… — Charles Kendall Adams
- I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there. — Tyra Banks
- It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become… — Joseph Addison
- We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be… — Warren G. Bennis