#excellence

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ↗

— George Eliot

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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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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process. ↗

— Jerry Moran

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

— Victoria Principal

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I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. ↗

— Nina Simone

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