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Excellence Quotes

Whenever we do a task, we want to do it well. Be it singing, dancing, writing, or painting, every person wishes to be excellent in his domain. Any work can be done either horribly, somewhat well, very well, or excellently. This can be applicable to anything including jobs, writing, relationships, hobbies, speaking, singing, painting, dancing etc. Whether you want to strive for excellence or just let life pass by without putting efforts is your choice. Read on for more about excellence quotes in the next section.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Excitement Work
Pearl S. Buck

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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Perfection Inspiration
Vince Lombardi

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For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'
Media
Shaquille O'Neal

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Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.
Good Fortune
Jay-Z

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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Motivation
Confucius

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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

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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Business God
Michael J. Fox

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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Dignity Suffering Troubles Humanity
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
Pat Riley

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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Character Simplicity Style
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
Life Positivity World
George Eliot

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

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
People Quality
Steve Jobs

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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
Appreciation
William Makepeace Thackeray

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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.
Teachers
Warren G. Bennis

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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
People Wisdom
Henry Ward Beecher

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Character Simplicity Style
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Racism
Oprah Winfrey

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In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.
Fitness Nation
Robert Kennedy

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Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.
Perseverance
Lisa Bonet

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The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.
Poetry Mathematics
Bertrand Russell

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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
Time Trying
Barack Obama

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My father values talent. He is colorblind and gender neutral. When Donald Trump is in charge, all that counts is ability, excellence, and effort.
Talent Effort
Ivanka Trump

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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
Life
Oprah Winfrey

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Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Fighting Fighting
Sun Tzu

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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
Experience
Lyndon B. Johnson

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To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
Victory
Sun Tzu

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What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.
Anger Change
Richard M. Nixon

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Character is just another word for having a perfectly disciplined and educated will. A person can make his own character by blending these elements with an intense desire to achieve excellence. Everyone is different in what I will call magnitude, but the capacity to achieve character is still the same.
Character Desire
Vince Lombardi

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I think that more diversity is a good thing, and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the American media landscape.
Good People Change
Al Gore

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I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.
Truthfulness
Al Gore

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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

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I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
Lyndon B. Johnson

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
Appreciation
Voltaire

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I actually support President Obama's initiatives on early childhood. He has appointed me as a commissioner to consult his administration on educational excellence for Hispanics in the U.S. We try to find ways to improve the education system for Hispanics in America, to achieve excellence.
Childhood Education
Shakira

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