Quotes about Excellence
A man must have a very rare genius to make changes of that sort. I am afraid mine would not carry me even to the pitch of doing well what has been done already, at least not so well as to make it worth while. And
— George Eliot
When land is gone and money's spent, Then learning is most excellent.
— George Eliot
I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday.
— Tim Tebow
I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.
— Will Smith
A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we eagerly endeavor to supply them with artificial excellence
— Samuel Johnson
High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances.
— John Eliot
Excellence is a signal to God that we are going to dig our ditches but if You don't make it rain, all of this is a waste of time.
— Jeff Henderson
I choose not to remain at good today, but rather to answer the call to greatness.
— Marianne Williamson
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~ Aristotle
— Aristotle
Man's work as Man is accomplished by virtue of Practical Wisdom and Moral Virtue, the latter giving the right aim and direction, the former the right means to its attainment;
— Aristotle
Hence while in respect of its substance and the definition that states what it really is in essence virtue is the observance of the mean, in point of excellence and rightness it is an extreme.
— Aristotle