#excellence

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. ↗

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. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

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Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ↗

— Ralph Marston

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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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I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence. ↗