Excellence Quotes
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Some dishes are of such indisputable excellence that their appearance alone is capable of arousing a level-headed man's degustatory powers. All those who, when presented with such a dish, show neither the rush of desire, nor the radiance of ecstasy, may justly be deemed unworthy of the honors of the sitting, and its related delights.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it
Charles Sheldon
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Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.
Ed Bliss
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
Sallust
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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
William Ellery Channing
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I had hoped to be disliked by most, not by way of rebellion, but by way of excellence, disdain for the habitual, and the common man’s inability to grasp this. The act of being scorned? I saw it as a victory, my irreverent boast against this world which could never fully quench me.
Coco J. Ginger
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My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...Th e reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort.
Seth Godin
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The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.
Charles Garfield
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Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance
Romany Malco
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Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.
Stephen Covey
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I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
Richard Price
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Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.
Daniel R. Scoggin
