Quotes About Excellence

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

people who climb to the top of just about any field eclipse their peers through something as basic as deliberate practice.

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

course, the dis tinction between the divine potestas auctoritatis and the theandric potestas excellentiae must always be kept in mind. The former is incommunicable, while the latter may, to a certain limited extent, be bestowed upon crea tures. 31

Then StarClan has brought us to an excellent place," Longtail meowed. "I can easily imagine us building our camp here." Their optimism cheered Brambleclaw up, even though not all the cats shared it.

For det er prestasjonene som gjør det, det er det at vi skal være så flinke som gjør det, at jeg skal være så flink, at jeg skal være den flinkeste og den beste på mitt område, at vi alle vil være den beste, at vi vil prestere og være flinke, og når vi har vært flinke lenge, blir vi trøtte og får bare lyst til å sove.

Competition brings out the best in me.

I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.

The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.

Thus we can see that the mechanics of war not only mean increased power but also make the highest demands on the men concerned. The best men will have the best machinery and the best bachinery will have the best men – for the two are inseparable.

Average is always a safe choice, and it is the most dangerous choice you can make.

Philippians 4. "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praise worthy-think about such things.

What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

Artists who seek perfection in everything achieve it in nothing (14 March 1858)

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

The difficult pastoral art is to encourage people to grow in excellence and to live selflessly, at one and the same time to lose the self and find the self. It is paradoxical, but it is not impossible.

I called you to live at your best, to pursue righteousness, to sustain a drive toward excellence.

Beauty is less important than quality.

Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God.

But I also think that the young especially ought to learn how to live with the array of conditions associated with excellence: That what is finest often denies itself to easy access; that to live admiringly with things above oneself is a source of dignity; that genuine hierarchies confer respect on all their members; that even what is greatest, or especially what is greatest, offers itself for critical judgment.

I only want to play shows if I think we are going to sound good and I only want to release albums if I think we have something to say and we are doing it decently.

I'm not into releasing throwaway music for the sake of it.

The University of Houston is a program that should have national relevance.