#excel

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. ↗

— Alexander the Great

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Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence. ↗

— Dave Heineman

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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential. ↗

— Brad Henry

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I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me. ↗

— Clara Hughes

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I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

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