Excellence Quote by Shams Tabrizi

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

— Francis Picabia

“When man finds in himself a certain defect, of which he can by no means rid himself, there remains but to accept the so-called…

— Lev Shestov

It is easier to enrich ourselves with a thousand virtues, than to correct ourselves of a single fault.

— Jean de la Bruyere

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

— John C. Maxwell

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

— Walter Savage Landor

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

— Cesare Lombroso

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends too much money, that he is "misunderstood" or that…

— Helen Rowland

“The definition of brilliance is redoing failures different each time and expecting successful results.”

— Carl Henegan

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can notbe great. Failure is the true test of greatness. And if it be said, that…

— Herman Melville

“A thousand tiny imperfections can make a perfect life.”

— Joey W. Hill

Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.

— Michel de Montaigne