Quotes About Excellence

In mathematics I can report no deficiency, except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of Pure Mathematics.

A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.

He's my man, he was great

When I train against men, I always find that I push myself harder to my absolute maximum.

Service makes men competent.

A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

Sun and moon and day and night and man and beast each with a splendor which man in all his vileness cannot set aside; each with an excellence!

Eagle rises to the top of the precipice with its wings; man, to the top of the honour, with his morals!

Some men are more perfect than others.

There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.

A man perfect to the finger tips.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

He's a good man," Ranger said. "And you?" "I'm better.

Man would not be the finest creature in the world if he were not too fine for it.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.