Quotes about Excellence (page 2)

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“People who produce good results feel good about themselves.”
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“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
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“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”
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“It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.”
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“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”
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“The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action.”
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“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
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“If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.”
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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.”
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“It isn't by size that you win or fail -- be the best of whatever you are.”
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“Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.”
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“One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect.”
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“To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.”
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“People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.”
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“I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.”
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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 do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.”
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“Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.”
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“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.”
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“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”
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“It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.”
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“Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.”
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