Excellence Quotes - Page 27

• The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world-not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

  Charles Handy

  People, Giving, Work Out

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• I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Thinking, Academic Excellence, Discipline

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• As we all learned from the sorry experience of state-sanctioned bureaucracies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, decentralization in education is crucial to both freedom and excellence.

  Jerry Brown

  Sorry, Europe, Unions

  "Jerry Brown Blasts Teacher Unionization Bill / Charter schools' self-determination at stake, he says" by Rick DelVecchio, www.sfgate.com. May 22, 1999.

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• We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspiring, Success, Responsibility

  "The Ultimate Quotable Einstein".

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• Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

  George Will

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

  George F. Will (1999). “Bunts”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.

  William Hazlitt

  Love, Ambition, Names

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.269, Delphi Classics

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• I would tell young people to start where they are with what they have and that the secret of a big success is starting with a small success and dreaming bigger and bigger dreams, I would tell them also that a young Black woman or a young Black man can't dream too much today or dare too much if he or she works hard, perseveres and dedicates themselves to excellence.

  John H. Johnson

  Success, Dream, Hard Work

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• The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

  Eric Hoffer

  Humility, Men, Self

  Eric Hoffer (2011). “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations.

  Brian Tracy

  Attitude, Positive Thinking, Greatness

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Universal Laws of Success”, p.9, Jaico Publishing House

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• Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  First Love, Generosity, Feelings

  "The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. February 4, 1968.

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• To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Military, Army

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.25, Wordsworth Editions

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• The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

  E. O. Wilson

  Athlete, Science, Humanity

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• My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my teachers, Jack Ratcliffe, who had given an excellent course on electromagnetic theory during my final undergraduate year.

  Antony Hewish

  Teacher, War, Science

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• Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.

  Sterling W Sill

  Jobs, Wall, Memories

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• The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Character, Winning, Names

  Benjamin Robert Haydon, Frederick Wordsworth Haydon (1876). “Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir”, p.467

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• Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

  Bonnie Blair

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future will not be born fully fledged and capable of a flight for 1,000 miles or so. Like everything else it must be evolved gradually. The first difficulty is to get a thing that will fly at all. When this is made, a full description should be published as an aid to others. Excellence of design and workmanship will always defy competition.

  Lawrence Hargrave

  Future, Science, Ideas

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• We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

  Isaac Barrow

  Appreciation, Opinion, Should

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• Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.

  Denis Waitley

  Appreciation, Pride, Effort

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• Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Sports, Accomplishment

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• I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can.

  Victor Kiam

  Life, Motivational, Believe

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• Excellence matters, and technology advances so fast that the potential for improvement is tremendous. So, since becoming CEO again, I've pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.

  Larry Page

  Technology, Differences, Focus

  "More glass from Google: CEO Larry Page gets transparent" by Steven Levy, www.wired.com. April 5, 2012.

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• I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is completely disproportionate to its size. We are the undisputed leaders of technological change. But with our abundance of talent and resources, we also have the opportunity to be the pioneers of social change and, ultimately, this may be our greatest contribution.

  Jeffrey Skoll

  Business, Believe, Technology

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• Every great man is unique.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Unique, Greatness

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."

  Van Jones

  Determination, Kings, Giving

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