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Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. ↗

— Plutarch

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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. ↗

— Plutarch

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Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence. ↗

— Victoria Principal

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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. ↗

— Quintilian

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In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics. ↗

— James Rainwater

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All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ↗

— Aristotle

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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— P. T. Barnum

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

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