(1265 quotes found)
“To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.”
Sun Tzu
“It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.”
Jose Ortega y Gasset
“I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor
“From time to time there appear on the face of the earth men of rare and consummate excellence, who dazzle us by their virtue, and whose outstanding qualities shed a stupendous light. Like those extraordinary stars of whose origins we are ignorant, and of whose fate, once they have vanished, we know even less, such men have neither forebears nor descendants: they are the whole of their race.”
Jean de la Bruyere
“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 G. Bennis
“When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.”
Joe Paterno
“There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.”
Baltasar Gracian
“The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.”
Shana Alexander
