Exemplary Quotes

62 quotes by 60 authors

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in… — Warren G. Bennis
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. — Anita Brookner
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days… — Mark Twain
Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being… — Warren G. Bennis
The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way more… — Susan Sontag
Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism. — Vince Lombardi
Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both… — Samuel Johnson
Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be… — Queen Victoria
A work of art can be called revolutionary if, by virtue of the aesthetic transformation, it represents, in the exemplary fate of individuals, the prevailing… — Herbert Marcuse
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. — Livy
Some teachers, the less effective ones, thought that fair meant distributing instruction equally to all students regardless of their needs. The exemplary teachers we studied,… — Richard Allington
There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation… — Bruno Walter
Being holy . . . does not mean being perfect but being whole; it does not mean being exceptionally religious or being religious at all;… — William Stringfellow
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society… — Mircea Eliade
America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be… — Nelson Rockefeller
I didnâ€™t think any biography could do justice to one of the few honest-to-goodness geniuses of our time, a walking paradox who wore a cloak… — Otto Penzler
There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a… — Gedde Watanabe
The way we move within time is a kind of dance. We are always keeping time within one rhythm or another. Music, of course, is… — Mel Weitsman
Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are… — Margaret Chan

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