~ Excellent things are rare. ~
~ Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ~
~ I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ~
~ True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope. ~
~ To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ~
~ By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name. ~
~ By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property. ~
~ Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. ~
~ The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. ~
~ Next to excellence is the appreciation of it ~
~ Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. ~
~ The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value ~