Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend read more

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character

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.

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.

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.

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters

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.

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.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.