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Excellence | Areté Quotes

Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

~ Mark Twain Quotes

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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

~ Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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Build up virtue, and you master all.

~ Lao-tzu Quotes from Tao Te Ching

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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

~ John W. Gardner Quotes

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Great minds ask great questions.

~ Michael Gelb Quotes from How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Everyday

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Example is leadership.

~ Albert Schweitzer Quotes

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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

~ Confucius Quotes from The Analects

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We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.

~ Aristotle Quotes

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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

~ Buddha Quotes from The Dhammapada

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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

~ Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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