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Excellence Quotes
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
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"I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection."
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"Learn the difference between good and great and then chose greatness."
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"Excellence is not a success but a persistent pursuit of perfection."
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"Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."
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"The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying."
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"Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days."
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"Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."
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"Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence."
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"You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out."
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"By doing ordinary actions efficiently you will become the best among ordinary, but you will not be an extraordinary."
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"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."
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"Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do."
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"Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable."
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"What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts."
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"When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank."
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"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."
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"The greatest excuse you must have is the excuse to do your best to the very best and in a distinctive manner."
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"Strive for excellence in all that you do; mediocrity has no place in the path to greatness."
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"Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach."
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"If you seek small things to do, and do them well, great things will seek you, and demand to be performed."
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"Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process."
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"A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out."
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"Excellence has a loud mouth, let it speak on your behalf."
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"Make a plural hey while the singular sun is up there. Not just the hey, but the best hey. Excellence should be your priority!"
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"We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do."
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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."
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"Excellence prospers in the absence of excuses."
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"How well you do something determines how well you will be rewarded by it."
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"If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way."
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"Excellence is not a history, but a habit."
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"Excellent is prasie worthy."
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"Don't embrace mediocrity, its main charm is to make you fall in love with failure. Speed off - Excellence awaits you at the end of your journey!"
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"The Olympic Games is a celebration of discipline."
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"Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this day players can't do those things, so the honors that he's had are definitely deserved."
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"Those who distinguish themselves in what they do and become disinct always score distinction. Don't follow the crowd. Distinguish yourself with a special commitment and you will excel."
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"I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis."
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"The noblest search is the search for excellence."
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"Coach said. "the quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor"."
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"I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself."
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"Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence."
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"Negotiation is permissible for mediocrity not for excellence."
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"Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness."
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"In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman."
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"No one makes it big without discipline."
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"Great work is not created for everyone. If it were, it would be average work."
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"To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself."
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"Excellence doesn't come by obeying doctrines. Excellence comes through recognizing the flaws in the prevailing doctrines of the society and throwing them away if necessary in the path of progress."
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"The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism."
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