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Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
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.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
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.
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
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.
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.