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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."	Aristotle
"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit."	Aristotle
"Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness."	Athenæus
"Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength."	Henry Ward Beecher
"Most certification today is pure 'credentialism.' [It] must begin to reflect our demand for excellence, not our appreciation of parchment."	William John Bennett
"Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary."	Warren G. Bennis
"The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."	Mary Bertone
"It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves."	Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake..."	Nelson Boswell
"Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion."	William Cullen Bryant
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."	Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
"Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way."	Albert Camus
"The price of greatness is responsibility."	Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
"There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness."	Grover Cleveland
"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."	Noel Coward
"Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness of a road leading towards the unknown."	General Charles De Gaulle
"It used to take courage--indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence--to leave the comforts of home and family and go out into the world seeking adventure. Today there are fewer places to discover, and the real adventure is to stay at home."	Alvaro de Solva
"What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To be great is to be misunderstood."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"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(illiam) Gardner
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