Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 4
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. Shaquille ONeal More Shaquille ONeal Quotes 2
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 American Entertainer More Oprah Winfrey Quotes 2
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 1
I tell my guys, 'Excellence is a never ending thing.' I tell them to never be satisfied. Kenny Dupont More Kenny Dupont Quotes 1
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. Oprah Winfrey American Entertainer More Oprah Winfrey Quotes 1
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tzu Chinese Philosopher More Sun Tzu Quotes 1
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 Chinese Philosopher More Sun Tzu Quotes 1
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. John W. Gardner American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 1
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. John W. Gardner American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 0
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. Jose Ortega y Gasset Spanish Philosopher More Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes 0
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 American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 0
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. John W. Gardner American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 0
Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach. John W. Gardner American Educator More John W. Gardner Quotes 0
No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did. David Halberstam American Journalist More David Halberstam Quotes 0
But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part. Lactantius Author More Lactantius Quotes 0
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended. Lactantius Author More Lactantius Quotes 0
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. Barack Obama American President More Barack Obama Quotes 0
The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying. David Ogilvy English Businessman More David Ogilvy Quotes 0
The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance. Alan Parsons British Musician More Alan Parsons Quotes 0
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. Walter Pater English Critic More Walter Pater Quotes 0
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. Joe Paterno American Coach More Joe Paterno Quotes 0
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. Joe Paterno American Coach More Joe Paterno Quotes 0