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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.

Quote by Daniel D. Palmer

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about genius

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.

Quote by Shana Alexander about truth, people

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about style, being

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some...

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Quote by Francis Bacon about beauty

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about tests, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about quiet, common sense, religion, people

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy, soul

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to...

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Quote by Aristotel about virtue, rightness, man

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy, habits

At painful times, when composition is impossible and...

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about impossible

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than...

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about fidelity, nothing, truth, mind, human imperfections

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, ...

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about spirit, self-control, things

The excellence of a road consists chiefly in its being protected from the reigning winds, and the swell of the sea; in having a good anchoring-ground, and being at a competent distance from the shore.

Quote by William Falconer about being, good, good luck

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and...

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

Quote by Federico Fellini about genius

I know many men who are misanthropes, and profess to look down with disdain on their species. My creed is of an opposite character. All that we observe that is best and most excellent in the intellectual world, is man.

Quote by William Godwin about man, character, world

It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.

Quote by Margaret Oliphant about destiny, quality, virtue, art, magic, life

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Quote by Satchel Paige about virtue, praise, man

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