#excellence

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ↗

— John W. Gardner

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

— John W. Gardner

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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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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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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. ↗

— Colin Powell

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Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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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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You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

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