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EXCELLENCE
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
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We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not
an act, but a habit.
-- Aristotle
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit.
We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing
temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
-- Aristotle
(384-322 BC)
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We
should not judge people by their peak of excellence;
but by the distance they have traveled from the point
where they started.
-- Henry
Ward Beecher
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”It
is the characteristic excellence of the strong man
that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and
make a decision about them. The weak are always forced
to decide between alternatives they have not chosen
themselves.
-- Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
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The
secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence.
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
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"One
machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men.
No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
-- Elbert Hubbard
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I
am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.
Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
~Michael
J. Fox
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"All
labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance
and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
-- Martin
Luther King, Jr.
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Perfection
is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can
catch excellence.
-- Vince Lombardi
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
“In
character, in manner, in style, in all things, the
supreme excellence is simplicity.”
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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We
need to internalize this idea of excellence.
Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
-- Barack
Obama
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Only
in a free society do individuals have the best chance
to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their
economic well-being, and achieve personal happiness...
The worthy goals of civilization can only be achieved
by freedom loving individuals. When government uses
force, liberty is sacrificed and the goals are lost.
It is freedom that is the source of all creative energy.
-- Ron Paul
Don't
strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.
-- Victoria Principal
Hence
to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme
excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking
the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-- Sun Tzu
Those
who would attain to any marked degree of excellence
in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it,
prince or peasant.
-- Bayard Taylor
Next
to excellence is the appreciation of it.
-- William Makepeace Thackeray
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Excellence
is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
-- Oprah
Winfrey
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