If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character.
I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.
Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.
They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke.
A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.
Certainly, envy is no monopoly of the poor; it makes itself felt in all sections of society; it haunts the court, the library, the barrack-room, even the sanctuary; it is provoked in some unhappy souls by the near neighbourhood of any superior rank or excellence whatever.
Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day. . Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
Excellence requires discomfort.
Universal violence compels the language to be mute. . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also the source of its formal excellence, its integrity.
Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.
Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.
I think that we already have a really good system in town, but I have a vision that it could be even better. My vision is that academic excellence is the area that we should pursue more, coupled with fiscal discipline.
God has destined you to soar. You have victory, freedom and excellence on the inside.
There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
How sad that we often diminish our best gifts by struggling valiantly to develop in someone else's area of ability. It is better to focus on your uniqueness and do that with excellence than to end up with mediocrity in several areas.
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
We are more afraid of excellence than of failure.
It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.