best quotations about
Excellence |
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Quotations
 | We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. — Konstantin Josef Jireček, 1854-1918, Czech historian & Slavist 28 likes |
 | We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 9 likes |
 | The best is the enemy of the good. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 7 likes |
 | The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 5 likes |
 | To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. — Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister 5 likes |
 | All religions promise a reward for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 5 likes |
 | One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 5 likes |
 | Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 5 likes |
 | Be so good they can’t ignore you. — Steve Martin, 1945-, American actor 5 likes |
 | It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 4 likes |
 | Be good to your work, your word, and your friend. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 4 likes |
 | The noblest search is the search for excellence. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] 4 likes |
 | Be not simply good; be good for something. — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 4 likes |
 | Every calling is great when greatly pursued. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 4 likes |
 | The man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does. — Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer 4 likes |
 | It is not abundance, but excellence that is wealth. — Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims 3 likes |
 | Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 3 likes |
 | The best pilots fly more than the others; that’s why they’re the best. — Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020, American pioneer pilot 3 likes |
 | If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 3 likes |
 | It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher 2 likes |
| My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future. — Jim Rohn, 1930-2009, American self-help speker 2 likes |
| If you‘ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. — Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach 2 likes |
| Make each day your masterpiece. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes |
| Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 2 likes |
 | Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 2 likes |
 | Often a person endowed with superior qualities cannot adapt to society. People don’t go to the market with gold bars. They go with coins. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 2 likes |
 | 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, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have. — Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter (his last words) 2 likes |
 | Of all those arts in which the wise excel, the greatest gift is to write well. — André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism 1 likes |
 | I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. |
 | Be extraordinary in your excellence, if you like, but be ordinary in your display of it. |
 | Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody. |
 | If the man does not reach the edge of the cliff, he cannot grow wings to fly. |
 | To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. |
| The best servant does his work unseen. |
 | A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am. — Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) |
 | Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. |
 | In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. |
 | Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labour in it, but they labour in it because they excel. |
 | Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it. |
 | Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job. |
 | No man is a man unless to his woman he is a pioneer. |
 | All you owe the public is a good performance. |
 | The Epicurean finds all that is not excellent detestable. |
 | It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job. |
 | Right now I'm the greatest. I don't say this through vanity. It's just that the rest are so bad. |
| If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. |
 | We must do our lives as we do a work of art. The life of a spiritual man is his work. True superiority is all there. |
Latin Quotes
 | Nothing but the best is good enough. Nil satis nisi optimum. — motto of the Air Training Corps and of various schools 127 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties. — Doug Larson, 1926-2017, American columnist 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Ever to excel. Αιέν αριστεύειν. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad VI 10 likes |
 | More men become good through practice than by nature. Πλείονες εξ ασκήσεως αγαθοί γίνονται ή από φύσεως. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | For me, one equals ten thousand if he is really good. Είς εμοί μύριοι, εάν άριστος εί. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
 | His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best. Ου γαρ δοκείν άριστος, αλλ’ είναι θέλει. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Seven against Thebes 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Horses for courses. 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Well, when I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. — from the film I’m No Angel (1933) 10 likes |
