Thursday, October 26, 2006

Excellence

"Our achievements are shaped by the terrain of our lives and the strength of the foundations we set. In building the life we've imagined, we must be true to our beliefs, dare to be ethical, and strive to be honorable. For integrity is the highest ground to which we can aspire."

"Is the result of caring more than others think is wise; risking more than others think is safe. Dreaming more than others think is practical and expecting more than others think is possible."

"Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in a focused pursuit, for excellence is not often granted in easier terms."

"Excellence is an art won by training and habit. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

3 comments:

kristin said...

atleast one of those is a (favourite) emerson quote. who said all the others?

Suzy said...

I love the last one. " We are what we repeatedly do" - I mean there is always the argument that what happened to you has an huge impact on what you become but in reality its your response to it that determines where you end up. Nice.

Marieseda said...

I have no clue where any of the quotes come from. Just different things I've picked up over the years.