I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not read more

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang read more

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.