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Letter "E" » Excellence
«No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation»
Author: Horace
(Poet)
| About:
Art,
Excellence,
Profession and professionals
| Keywords:
excellence, painful, passed, preparation, profession, reached, slow, study
«Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.»
Author: Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
| About:
Excellence,
Humility
| Keywords:
incompatible, on the contrary, sisters, twin
«Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.»
«Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters»
Author: Seneca
| About:
Actors and acting,
Excellence,
Life,
Play
| Keywords:
acting, excellence, length, lengths, matters
«Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(Author, General)
| About:
Enemies,
Excellence
| Keywords:
breaking, excellence, fighting, resistance, supreme
«Next to excellence is the appreciation of it»
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
(Author, Novelist)
| About:
Appreciation,
Excellence
| Keywords:
appreciation
«Perfection is an imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Excellence,
Perfection
| Keywords:
attribute, distinguished, imaginary, known as, The Critic
«I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| About:
Excellence,
Xenophobia
| Keywords:
deterrent, operate, racism, raised, sexism
«Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.»
«Still constant is a wondrous excellence.»
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