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Excellence Quotes by Socrates
- Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
- In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate…
- I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
More Excellence Quotes
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — 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
- Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is… — Jeffrey Skoll
- I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without… — Greg LeMond