Excellence Quotes - Page 39

• Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations.

  Michael N. Castle

  Race, Diversity, Location

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• Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Motivational, Friendship, Truth

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• We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

  Stephen Covey

  Self Esteem, Creativity, Accomplishment

  Interview With Kyra Phillips, www.cnn.com. January 9, 2003.

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• The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

  Quentin Crisp

  Success, Moving, Character

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• Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspiration, Perfect, Self Improvement

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• James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.

  Roger Ebert

  Film, Distinguished, Cameron

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  What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

  Meister Eckhart

  Soil, Action, Harvest

  Meister Eckhart, Raymond Bernard Blakney (1941). “Celebrated 14th Century Mystic and Scholastic Meister Eckhart”

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• If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

  Henry Ford

  Success, Business, Lying

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• I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.

  Al Gore

  Integrity, Objectivity, America

  Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. February 17, 2013.

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• I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Views, Media

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• I use my mind to solve problems and invent things.

  Temple Grandin

  Mind, Use, Problem

  Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Passion, Men, Personality

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• Perfection is the child of time.

  Joseph Hall

  Time, Children, Perfection

  'Works' (1625) p. 670

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• Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have.

  Michael Haneke

  Thinking, Directors, Demand

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• Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

  Janet Jackson

  Dream, Hard Work, Reality

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

  Michael Jackson

  Who I Am, Perfection, Perfectionist

  "Godfather Director Gets Good Rap". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.foxnews.com. February 10, 1993.

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• My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.

  Michael Jackson

  Mom, Mother, Perfection

  "The Michael Jackson Interview: Oprah Reflects". www.oprah.com. September 16, 2009.

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• It's really fun to see young kids trying to find excellence in themselves.

  Jewel

  Fun, Kids, Trying

  "Jewel Talks Singing Competitions, Silly Rumors For HuffPost’s #nofilter". Interview with Erin Clements, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2013.

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• Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

  Dalai Lama

  Friendship, Good Morning, Meaningful

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p. 32), 1990.

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• 'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first AM hit was nothing if it wasn't the example per excellence of the Sly Stone music machine.

  Jon Landau

  Crazy, Men, Self

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• The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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• There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Differences, Mediocrity, Littles

  Orison Swett Marden (1997). “Exceptional Employee”, p.125

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• The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

  Orison Swett Marden (2006). “Rising in the World, Or Architects of Fate”, p.43, Cosimo, Inc.

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• What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Change, Strong, Children

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• For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Media, Habit

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