Excellence Quote by Samuel Richardson

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

— Samuel Richardson

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion…

— Samuel Butler

Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence,…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Excellence Can Be Achieved If You . . . Risk More Than Others Think Is Safe, love More Than Others Think Is Wise, Dream…

— Pacifiersucker

“Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think…

— Ronnie Oldham

Excellence is the quality of being outstanding. Excellence is ever-growing personal and collective best To excel is virtue of a person with high self…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

— Socrates

Excellence isn't as much about being the best as it is about being the best you can be, and being better than you were…

— Randy Anderson

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

— Baltasar Gracian

The more we sympathize with excellence, the more we go out of self, the more we love, the broader and deeper is our personality.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton