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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

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Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it. ↗

— Hesiod

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What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts. ↗

— Jane Alexander

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Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively. ↗

— Socrates

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