Epictetus Quotes

Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own.

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• CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.

  

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• If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.

  

  Octavio Paz
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• 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
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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  

  Pat Riley
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• 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
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• One of the cool things about amateur athletics is that, I think, the pursuit is sort of the pursuit of excellence for nothing more than trying to be excellent.

  

  Cameron Winklevoss
  • Trying
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• As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Up
  • True
  • Down

• I associated excellence in writing with New York City.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Writing
  • City
  • Excellence

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

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Perfect
  • Excellence
  • Strive

• Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Success

• Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
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• Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • inspirational
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  • Excellence

• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  

  Vince Lombardi
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  • Quality
  • Commitment

• Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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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 Bennis
  • Teacher
  • Better
  • Profound

• Cultural and ethnic diversity benefit humanity’s future, survival, strength and excellence, promoting what I call cultural vigour, similar to the way in which molecular and genetic diversity promote 'hybrid vigor' in nature and thus strength, resilience and a higher potential for a problem-free future.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • Nature
  • Future
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• It meant a lot to me that Chelsea have wanted me for the last three years and that is the reason I chose them. It was important for me to come to a club with the same level of excellence. It is a great team and it is important to play for a great team.

  

  Andriy Shevchenko
  • Great
  • Important
  • Team

• I am looking for excellence. Anyone can struggle but they cannot make a ‘perfect’ film.

  

  Kamal Haasan
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• Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Life
  • Excellence

• Man, according to the Theosophical teaching, is a sevenfold being, or, in the usual phrase a septenary constitution. Putting it yet in another way, man's nature has seven aspects, may be studied from seven different points of view, is composed of Seven Principles.

  

  Annie Besant
  • Different
  • May
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• Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City.'

  

  Jay McInerney
  • Good
  • Real
  • Girl

• I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

  

  Pawel Pawlikowski

• Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.

  

  Friedrich Ebert
  • Freedom
  • Democracy
  • Violence

• Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own.

  

  Epictetus
  • Excellence
  • Prideful