Excellence Quotes - Page 13

• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

  Aristotle

  Nature, Truth, Mind

  "Time to rise to the challenge of social impact measurement" by Jeremy Nicholls, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2013.

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• There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.

  David Starr Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Real

  "The Voice of the Scholar". Book by David Starr Jordan, 1903.

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• Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

  Victoria Principal

  Perfect, Strive

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• In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

  Jane Austen

  Sex, Power, Foundation

  "Northanger Abbey". Second Edition,

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• I can do small things in a great way.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Greatness, Way, Can Do

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• Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Average, Effort, Progress

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• Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

  Aristotle

  Friendship, Men, Perfection

  Aristotle, (2014). “Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation”, p.1827, Princeton University Press

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• Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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  Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

  Tony Robbins

  Success, Tattoo, Business

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 28, 2014

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• I am easily satisfied with the very best.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Sarcastic, Humorous

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• When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own, his voyage is done, he is dead,--dead in trespasses and sin of blear-eyed vanity.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Vanity, Done

  Henry Ward Beecher (1855). “Star papers; or, Experiences of art and nature”, p.295

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• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success, Fear, People

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Motivation, Goal, Visionaries

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• The unwillingness of most leaders to set standards, to administer feedback when standards are not met, to praise clearly when standards are met, stands in the way of the development of excellence. The leader who makes no demands of his disciples cannot really lead them at all. The sense of new excitement and new challenge generated by the gospel will be blunted by leaders who shield followers from the full demands of fellowship.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Leader, Challenges, Development

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• God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.

  John Piper

  Powerful, Inspiration, Passion

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  Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging

  Mia Hamm, Aaron Heifetz (2013). “Go For The Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful

  Deepak Chopra

  Successful, Excellent, Pursue

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• If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.47, Courier Corporation

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• Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

  Aristotle

  Art, Academic Excellence, Training

  "The Story of Philosophy". Book by Will Durant, p. 76, 1926.

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• Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

  Plato

  Plato, Perfection, Done

  Plato, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Plato Collection [47 Books]”, p.2224, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

  Nick Murray

  Choices, Mediocrity, Quitting

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• Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.

  Napoleon Hill

  Life, Perseverance, Inspiration

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