#excellence

There were far worse strategies in life than to try to make each aspect of one's existence a minor work of art. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#detail #excellence #art

Learn the rules before you break them. ↗

— Steven Taylor Goldsberry

#learning #writing #writing-craft

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#breaking #conquer #consists #enemy #excellence

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#common #excellence #herd #ken #only

Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it. ↗

— Tim Cook

#change #culture #excellence #going #i

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#challenge #challenges #come #excellence #go

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

— George Eliot

#encourages #excellence #generally #life #shows

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#compassion #excellence #hope #valor

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. ↗

— Voltaire

#excellence #make #others #our #own