"Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty."
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"Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our time, the bravest and also the wisest and most upright man."
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"I think that's the coolest thing about our fans, they not only respect, but they demand, excellence from our guys."
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"Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful"
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"What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence."
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"The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement."
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"Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it: feel it, and hate in silence."
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"When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness."
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"The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share."
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"The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it."
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"Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing."
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"What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?"
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"Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best."
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"Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics."
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"Gandhi said 'One cannot do right in one area of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in another; Life is one indivisible whole.' This point of wisdom is profound. A commitment to excellence is not just reserved for a few select areas of your life - it must be reflected in everything you do. Your diet must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your physique must reflect your commitment to excellence. Your personal habits must reflect your commitment to excellence and your thoughts must reflect a commitment to excellence."
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"We must die to become true human beings."
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"Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence."
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"Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can neither think for itself nor understand the thinking of others. The first is of the highest excellence, the second is excellent, and the third is worthless."
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"Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence."
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"If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do."
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