Excellence Quote by Roger Ascham Download Open image “A man reacheth not to excellence with one language.” — Roger Ascham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence Language Language acquisition Language learning Language words Learning language Men
No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Language is the work of man, of a being from whom permanence and stability can not be derived — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own craft, and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language. — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and apsirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry or… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to draw other men’s works, for his own memory sake,… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face: Four ways in court to win man's grace. — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
Italianate Englishmen are incarnate devils ... for they first lustfully condemn God, then scornfully mock his word, and also spitefully hate and hurt all… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
