Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too? The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some one single pursuit for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too? The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
I assure you I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Example is the school of mankind and they will learn at no other.
The excellent is new forever.
A good example is the best sermon.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.
Example is always more efficacious than precept.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other a matter of time.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own behavior.
I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror and from others to take an example for himself.