Excellence Quotes - Page 15

• We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.

  Eric Hoffer

  Equality, Matter, Clamor

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• When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Faith, Christian

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• I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Stories, Love Story, Modern

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• The questions you ask consistently will create either enervation or enjoyment, indignation or inspiration, misery or magic. Ask the questions that will uplift your spirit and push you along the path of human excellence

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Creating

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Aug 11, 2015

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• True perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection you will catch excellence!

  Vince Lombardi

  Perfection, Unattainable, Ifs

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• Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .

  Dan Miller

  Procrastination, Desire, Fear Of Failure

  Dan Miller (2015). “48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal”, p.86, B&H Publishing Group

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• The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will... An education which should improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.

  William James

  Character, Roots, Would Be

  William James (1961). “Psychology: The Briefer Course”, p.95, Courier Corporation

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• Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

  Plato

  Beauty, Character, Hands

  Plato, Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (1987). “The Republic”

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• Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Perfection

  Andy Hargreaves, Dennis L. Shirley (2012). “The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence”, p.202, Corwin Press

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• There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

  Philip James Bailey

  Intellectual, Quality, Moral

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• Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Art, Giving, Trying

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• It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Nice, Men, People

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• The race for excellence has no finish line.

  Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

  Race, Lines, Finish Line

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• The vicarious responsibility for things we have not done, this taking upon ourselves the consequences for things we are entirely innocent of, is the price we pay for the fact that we live our lives not by ourselves but among our fellow men, and that the faculty of action, which, after all, is the political faculty par excellence, can be actualized only as one of the many and manifold forces of human community.

  Hannah

  Responsibility, Men, Community

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• Whoever entered the political realm had first to be ready to risk his life, and too great a love for life obstructed freedom, was a sure sign of slavishness. Courage therefore became the political virtue par excellence.

  Hannah

  Love Life, Political, Risk

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• Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
  We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
  in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".

  Plato

  Practice, Skills, Acting

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• The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

  John Calvin

  Church, Doe, Purity

  John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Isaiah”, p.102, Ravenio Books

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• The education of attention would be an education par excellence

  William James

  Would Be, Attention

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• Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

  Price Pritchett

  Pride, Vanity, Self

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• There is no substitute for excellence. Not even success.

  Thomas Boswell

  Sports, Entrepreneur, Substitutes

  Thomas Boswell (1989). “The heart of the order”, Doubleday Books

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• All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Understanding, Promise

  "The World as Will and Idea".

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• The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.

  Daniel James, Jr.

  Military, Color, Demand

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• When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Strong, Wall

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• People tell me I'm a perfectionist. They tell me I'm too extreme and that I work too hard. I tell them, that is all I know how to do. I was taught to give my best effort in everything I do and demand perfection and raise the standard of excellence to a whole new level.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Best Effort

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• You are what you do repeatedly every day. If excellence is something you're striving for, then it's not an accident. It's a habit.

  Greg Plitt

  Motivational, Habit, Strive

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