“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”
Aristotle

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
George S. Patton

“Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.”
Thornton Wilder

“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
Booker T. Washington

“In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.”
Socrates

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
Andrew Carnegie

“You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer