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Excellency Quotes (page 6)

A philosopher might have deplored this lack of mental ambition, but only if he was really certain about where his next meal was coming from. In fact Lancre's position and climate bred a hard-headed and straightforward people who often excelled in the world down below. it had supplied the planins with many of their greatest wizards and witches and, once again, the philospher might have marveled that such a four-square people could give the world so many successful magical practitioners, being... Terry Prachett
John Adair quote: "The price of excellence in teamwork is eternal vigilance"
The price of excellence in teamwork is eternal vigilance John Adair
Such was the number of the barbarians, that when they shot forth their arrows the sun would be darkened by their multitude." Dieneces, not at all frightened at these words, but making light of the Median numbers, answered "Our Trachinian friend brings us excellent tidings. If the Medes darken the sun, we shall have our fight in the shade. Herodotus
Deepak Chopra quote: "If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue..."
If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed. Deepak Chopra
In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first. Brian Tracy
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeitof our own behavior,--we make guilty of ourdisasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: asif we were villains by necessity; fools byheavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, andtreachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience ofplanetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasionof whoremaster man, to lay his... William Shakespeare
Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is how ordinary, how commonly attainable, health is. We lose our health - and create profitable diseases and dependences - by failing to see the direct connections between living and eating, eating and working, working and loving. In gardening, for instance, one works with the body to feed the body. The work, if it is knowledgeable, makes for excellent food. And it makes one hungry. The work thus makes eating... Wendell Berry
Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes. Norman Douglas
She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves. Fanny Burney
She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts if family life. She sacrificed herself daily. If there was chicken, she took the led; if there was a draft she sat in it-- in short she was so constituted that she never had a mind or wish of her own, but preferred to sympathize always with the minds and wishes of others... I did my best to kill her. My excuse, if I were to be had up in a court of law, would be that I acted... Virginia Woolf
Jonathan Carroll quote: "Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather..."
Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee. Jonathan Carroll
David Sedaris quote: "Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did..."
Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat. David Sedaris
William Shakespeare quote: "Do you know me, my lord?' Excellent well. You are a fishmonger."
Do you know me, my lord?' Excellent well. You are a fishmonger. William Shakespeare
Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. Gary Gygax
Christopher Wren quote: "The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the..."
The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble. Christopher Wren

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