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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not read more
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, read more
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang read more
Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.
Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.