Quotes about Excellence

Poet, Critic, Philosopher, Theologian

It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree. Its fruits are not of one season only. With the due and natural intervals, we may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification, if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.

Excellence - Wellness

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Ada Lovelace

Mathematician, Writer

Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live.

Excellence - Fairness - Hope - Imagination - Learning - Living - Meaning - Science - World

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

There is also something excellent in every audience,--the capacity of virtue. They are ready to be beatified.

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Politician, Historian, Philosopher, Writer

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Excellence - Kindness

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George Eliot

Critic, Author, Novelist

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence - Life - Show - Spiritual - Wealth - World

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John Adams

Former President of the United States

[T]he liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.

Excellence - Human - Man - Right

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Deepak Chopra

Author, Public Speaker, Alternative Medicine Advocate

Mindfulness creates centered awareness. When you do one thing at a time, you're guaranteed excellent results. If you do too many things simultaneously, it messes up your neural circuits. Focus on one thing at a time.

Excellence - Mindfulness

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Aeschylus

Statesman, Poet, Dramatist

Number, the most excellent of all inventions.

Excellence - Science

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Deepak Chopra

Author, Public Speaker, Alternative Medicine Advocate

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

Excellence - Ignoring - People - Pursuit - Success - Wellness

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leader, Civil rights activist

He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'

Earth - Excellence - Greatness - Heavens - Jobs - Wellness

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Plato

Musician, Philosopher, Philosopher

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.

Beauty - Character - Excellence - Giving - Mindset - Production

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John C. Maxwell

Scientist, Clergyman, Author

There is definitely a connection between finding your passion and reaching your potential. People ask me all the time, 'John, how do I know what I am meant to do in life?' The answer is really simple: Energy and Excellence. When you experience unbounded energy in what you are doing, when you are driven to excellence in your work and love what you do - then you can rest assured that you have found your passion and are definitely in pursuit of your full potential.

Answers - Drive - Energy - Excellence - Finding - Passion - People - Pursuit - Reaching - Simple

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Robert Kennedy

Actor, Politician, Former U.S. Senator

Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent.

Betting - Doing - Education - Excellence - Goals - School - Transformation - Youth

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Aristotle

Philosopher

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Excellence - Good - Man - Rebelling - Right - Virtue

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Sun Tzu

Musician, Philosopher, Strategist

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Enemy - Excellence - Fighting - Resistance

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David Hume

Philosopher, Historian, Economist, Essayist

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

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Zig Ziglar

Politician, Author, Author

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

Children - Excellence - Family - Friendship - Negative - Parents - World

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Albert Schweitzer

Theologian, Organist, Writer, Humanitarian, Philosopher, Physician

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Excellence - Failing - Inspiration - Man - Reaching - Success - Vegan

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

If any mention was made of homicide, madness, adultery, and intolerable tortures, we would let the church-bells ring louder, the church-organ swell its peal and drown the hideous sound. The sugar they raised was excellent: nobody tasted blood in it.

Excellence - Making

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Zig Ziglar

Politician, Author, Author

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

Athletics - Discipline - Excellence - Greatness - Mastering - Speaking - Teaching

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