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Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

Education no longer stops on graduation day. We must demand excellence at every level of education.

Education, they [philosophers] felt, is the only answer to the always pressing question, to the political question par excellence, of how to reconcile order which is not oppression with freedom which is not license.

Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved directly in the process of running the university and in the setting of priorities.

Even though . . . 9/11 happened because . . . Bush's FBI and CIA did not detect the Al Qaeda conspiracy . . . , Bush not only failed to apologize to the nation or the victims' survivors, he demonstrated his total lack of leadership by refusing to fire or even criticize those in these agencies who, like Bush, let this nation down. As in private life, to stimulate excellence, good performances have to be rewarded and gross negligence and incompetence punished.

Every activity performed in public can attain an excellence never matched in privacy; for excellence, by definition, the presence of others is always required.

Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.

Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness.

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world; and, whatever apparent disadvantages he may suffer in the comparison with others, he has some invisible distinctions, some latent reserve of excellence, which he throws into the balance, and by which he generally fancies that it is turned in his favour.

Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.

Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent, the other shout goes up: "Elitism!" And whatever produced that thing, whoever praises that result, is promptly put down. "Standing out" is undemocratic.

Excellence comes from human beings doing things of value that customers find memorable.

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer.

Excellence in life seems to me to be the way in which each human being makes the most of the adventure of living and becomes most truly and deeply himself, fulfilling his own nature in the context of a good life with other people.

Excellence always sells.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence is a signal to God that we are going to dig our ditches but if You don't make it rain, all of this is a waste of time.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders.

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.

Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence.

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.

Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

Excellence is everything today, and most people aren't excellent. If you're not excellent - like truly excellent at what you do - you're toast.

Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

Excellence is going the extra mile.

Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence, take life seriously-but never yourself!

Excellence is the result of habitual integrity.

Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.

Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.

Excellence, to me, is the state of grace that can descend only when one tunes out all the world's clamor, listens to an inward voice one recognizes as wiser than one's own, and transcribes without fear.

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant.

Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can...

Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec.

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit