Herein Indeed Consists The Excellence Of The English Government, That All Parts Of It Form A Mutual Check Upon Each Other.
Perfection, N. An Imaginary State Of Quality Distinguished From The Actual By An Element Known As Excellence; An Attribute Of The Critic.
It's A Fine Thing To Rise Above Pride, But You Must Have Pride In Order To Do So.
Advent Is The Spiritual Season Of Hope Par Excellence, And In This Season The Whole Church Is Called To Be Hope, For Itself And For The World.
When A Man Has No Longer Any Conception Of Excellence Above His Own, His Voyage Is Done, He Is Dead,--dead In Trespasses And Sin Of Blear-eyed Vanity.
We Don't Have To Do It Any Better Than We Can - Ever. Do Our Best For The Moment, Then Let It Go. If We Have To Redo It, We Can Do Our Best In Another Moment, Later.
Striving For Excellence Is A Positive Quality. Striving For Perfection Is Self-defeating.
Everybody Keeps Calling For Excellence - Excellence Not Just In Schooling, Throughout Society. But As Soon As Somebody Or Something Stands Out As Excellent, The Other Shout Goes Up: "elitism!" And Whatever Produced That Thing, Whoever Praises That Result, Is Promptly Put Down. "standing Out" Is Undemocratic.
We Should Allow Others' Excellences, To Preserve A Modest Opinion Of Our Own.
I'm A Perfectionist. Sometimes I Have To Remind Myself That It's Okay If There Are Flaws Here And There.
