#excel

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. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beneath #despot #excellence #given #god

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. ↗

— Charles Kendall Adams

#amount #attains #determines #distinction #doing

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

#does #excellence #goes #lie #produces

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#allowed #dulling #excellence #goodbye #human

But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content. ↗

— Shawn Fanning

#content #excellent #extension #i #into

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#excellent #genius #his #i #i think

No crime is so great as daring to excel. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#daring #excel #great

Coach said. "the quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor". ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#excellence #graduation #perseverance #quality #life

Io posso continuare a vivere questa mia vita... perché ho una dote che nessuno ha... così in me esasperata, così in me eccellente. Questa dote è la mia grande falsità. ↗

— Carmelo Bene

#falsità #life #vita #life

To have a man whose name is on the label showing such interest, commitment, and determination for the best is a wonderful thing. This is someone who will throw money at quality, who believes in being the best. Never knock it. Would you prefer to have a bean counter in corporate headquarters, someone who never comes near the brewery, making decisions solely on the basis of the bottom line and profit margins? ↗

— Charles W. Bamforth

#commitment #corporate-ethics #excellence #quality #quality-assurance