Excellence Quotes - Page 14

• Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

  Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom

  Process, Should, Efforts Wasted

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• We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.

  Aristotle

  Self, Events, Ongoing

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• Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Love, Men, Justice

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.100, OUP Oxford

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• The birth of excellence begins with our awareness that our beliefs are a choice. We usually don't think of it that way, but belief can be a conscious choice. You can choose beliefs that limit you, or you can choose beliefs that support you. The trick is to choose the beliefs that are conducive to success and the results you want and to discard the ones that hold you back.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Thinking, Support You

  Tony Robbins (2008). “Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

  Douglas Conant

  Jobs, Commitment, Creating

  "Saving Campbell Soup Company". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.gallup.com. February 11, 2010.

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• In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Jesus, Perfection, Joy

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• The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Art, Work, Lying

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• Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

  William Shakespeare

  Constant, Stills, Wondrous

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• To put it simply, we need to keep the arts in education because they instill in students the habits of mind that last a lifetime: critical analysis skills, the ability to deal with ambiguity and to solve problems, perseverance and a drive for excellence. Moreover, the creative skills children develop through the arts carry them toward new ideas, new experiences, and new challenges, not to mention personal satisfaction. This is the intrinsic value of the arts, and it cannot be overestimated.

  Rod Paige

  Perseverance, Art, Children

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• We can't achieve excellence through talent alone. Or merely by making technological improvements. We can't even buy our way to excellence, no matter how much money we have available to spend. More dollars will never do it. We have to develop a strong corporate conscience. Ethical muscle. And that doesn't happen by accident either.

  Price Pritchett

  Strong, Achievement, Dollars

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• It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

  Brad Henry

  Children, Expectations, Full Potential

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• Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.

  Henry Ford II

  Time, Future, Risk

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• Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Teacher, Mediocrity, Exemplary

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.142, John Wiley & Sons

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• Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.

  Chanakya

  Wisdom, Ornaments, Moral

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• Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.

  Daniel R. Scoggin

  Air, Trying, Littles

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• It is the growth of advertising in this country which, more than any single element, has brought the American magazine to its present enviable position in points of literary, illustrative and mechanical excellence.

  Edward Bok

  Country, Growth, Elements

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• Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it.

  Rory Vaden

  Mediocrity, Emotion

  Rory Vaden (2015). “Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time”, p.51, Penguin

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• Set out to do three or four things this year with gusto and excellence, rather than doing a dozen things just sufficiently. Trust me on this.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Years, Three, Gusto

  Danielle LaPorte (2014). “The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul”, p.206, Sounds True

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• Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.

  Tom Peters

  Screw Ups, Mark, Screws

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• Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

  Charlie Trotter

  Fighting, Interesting, Determined

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• The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light.

  George Gilder

  Light, Envy, Perdition

  George F. Gilder (2013). “The Israel Test: Why the World's Most Besieged State is a Beacon of Freedom and Hope for the World Economy”, p.155, Encounter Books

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• The excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork.

  William F. Nolan

  Important, Literature, Genre

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• We need timeless principles to steer by in running our organizations and building our personal careers. We need high standards --- the ethics of excellence.

  Price Pritchett

  Running, Careers, Organization

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• I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

  Barney Kessel

  Life Experience, Standards, Not Interested

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• Love floods our nervous system with positive energy, making us far more attractive to prospective employers, clients, and creative partners... Love leads us to act with impeccability, integrity, and excellence... Those things are the opposite of a poverty consciousness; they're the stuff of spiritual wealth creation.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Integrity, Opposites

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