Quotes with excellence

  • We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
  • The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.
  • The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
  • Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.
  • Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
  • There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
  • There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.
  • Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
+5

Quotes 1 till 20 of 64.

1 2 3 4 Next 
  • John W. Gardner Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
    John W. Gardner
    American Educator, Social Activist (1912 - 2002)
    - +
    +2
  • Mario Andretti Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
    Mario Andretti
    Italian-born American former racing driver (1940 - )
    - +
    +1
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
    - +
    +1
  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
    - +
    +1
  • Sun Tzu 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
    Chinese general and strategist (544 - 496)
    - +
    +1
  • Oprah Winfrey I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.
    Oprah Winfrey
    American TV host, Actress (1954 - )
    - +
    +1
  • Aristotle If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
    - +
    +1
  • Lyndon B. Johnson The noblest search is the search for excellence.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
    - +
    +1
  • Oliver Goldsmith To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
    - +
    +1
  • Pierre Joseph Proudhon A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.
    Pierre Joseph Proudhon
    French sociologist and economist (1809 - 1865)
    - +
     0
  • Denis Waitley All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
    - +
     0
  • John F. Kennedy As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
    - +
     0
  • Hesiod Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.
    Hesiod
    Greek poet
    - +
     0
  • Andy Hertzfeld But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.
    Andy Hertzfeld
    American software engineer and innovator (1953 - )
    - +
     0
  • Voltaire By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
    - +
     0
  • Sir Laurence Olivier Don't waste your time striving for perfection, instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.
    Sir Laurence Olivier
    English actor and stage director (1907 - 1989)
    - +
     0
  • George Eliot Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
    - +
     0
  • Samuel Johnson Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
    - +
     0
  • Aristotle Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
    - +
     0
  • Pat Riley Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
    Pat Riley
    American basketball coach (1945 - )
    - +
     0
1 2 3 4 Next 
All excellence famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com

Popular subjects

Popular authors