"Strive for excellence, not perfection." — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
• Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
• Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon
• The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister
• So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with… — Abu Bakar Bashir
• It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. — Henry Ward Beecher
• The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong… — Henry Ward Beecher
• What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when… — Alexander Graham Bell
• Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. — Alfred Adler
• If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. — Milton Berle
• Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. — Mary McLeod Bethune

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