Excellence – Quotes

The same man cannot

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence. Euripides

It is quite rare

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time. Ethan Hawke

Most people are too busy working on insignificant projects and pursuing life’s frivolities to tap their creative abilities. It’s a mistake to be one of them. Striving for excellence where excellence doesn’t matter is the stuff misfits are made of. Ernie J Zelinski

When all is said

When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it’s in the classrooms of America where the battle for excellence, ultimately, will be won or lost. Ernest L. Boyer

In the end, excellence

In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation’s schools. Ernest L. Boyer

To push for excellence

To push for excellence today without continuing to push for access for less privileged students is to undermine the crucial but incomplete gains that have been made. Equity and excellence cannot be divided. Ernest L. Boyer

Cowardice, as distinguished from

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire. Ernest Hemingway

You gotta become. Not

You gotta become. Not do things in excellence. You gotta become excellent. Eric Thomas