Excellence Quote by Henry David Thoreau

The average person's idea of a great man, rather than one who serves, is of one who succeeds in getting himself served.

— Wallace D. Wattles

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

— Hilaire Belloc

According to man's environment, society has made as many different types of men as there are varieties in zoology. The differences between a soldier,…

— Honore de Balzac

In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at…

— David Hume

Few men are admired by their servants.

— Michel de Montaigne

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

— Hugh Walpole

Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and the superiority…

— David Hume

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato

Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the…

— Napoleon Hill

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and…

— Plutarch

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

— Horace Mann