Excellence can be obtained if you: ...care more than others think is wise; ...risk more than others think is safe; ...dream more than others think is practical; ...expect more than others think is possible.
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Related Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others thi... ANON. Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others th... RALPH MARSTON Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others thi... CADET MAXIM Excellence is the Result of Caring more than others think is Wise, Risking more than others think is... RONNIE OLDHAM The enlightened worry less than others, quarrel less than others, fight less than others,<... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Dream more than others think practical. HOWARD SCHULTZ Risk more than others think safe. HOWARD SCHULTZ Care more than others think wise. HOWARD SCHULTZ Expect more than others think possible. HOWARD SCHULTZ Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO The truest way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD I think you'll find out you'll be happier too, If you think more of others and less about you. SHERRILL S. CANNON 7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important 1. Use their name. 2. Express sincer... ROY T. BENNETT The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. VINCENT VAN GOGH The more I think about it,the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others VINCENT VAN GOGH The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets... HARUKI MURAKAMI True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their... LAO TZU Edward Smith: What do you think is the characteristic of a really nice person? Some people you obvio... ANDY WARHOL Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yoursel... NGũGĩ WA THIONG'O God gives some more than others because some accept more than others. ERNEST HOLMES The positive sign is there's more of a concern for others, as well as self, than people think. DR. JOSEPH SMITH If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction a ... ADRIENNE RICH Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy... PABLO PICASSO Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are w... JOHN WOODEN Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He ... WILLIAM COWPER Sometimes we care others more than they deserve! RUPESH SREERAMAN Happiness is a habit, it’s more than fleeting, more than a disintegrating lozenge. BRIAN D'AMBROSIO Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall... JOHN WOODEN Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really a... DALE CARNEGIE Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall... ERICK S. GRAY Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you reall... DALE CARNEGIE Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your
character is what you really a... JOHN WOODEN Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are,... DALE CARNEGIE There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is n... WALT WHITMAN Be more concerned about your character than about your reputation, because your character is what yo... UNKNOWN To think or care for another more than you think or care for yourself & to think or care for yoursel... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tip o... KIERSTEN WHITE Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" <... ALEXANDRE DUMAS There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more mel... SUN TZU I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others. D. A. PENNEBAKER I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than ot... CARLA GUGINO When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly... BERTRAND RUSSELL Who dares deny that this is true: The whole is more than all its parts? A whole love than div... ARTHUR DILLON They'll say you are bad or perhaps you are mad or at least you should stay undercove... DAVID ROVICS Arrogant people could care less about others. They're only interested in themselves. The arrogant pe... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA To Those Who Think, To Those Who Dare, To Those Who Do, To Those Who Succeed. S... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Squirting isn’t easy, it has to be said. Then, neither is riding a unicycle. Just as some people s... CHLOE THURLOW Gee, I wonder who you could be referring to?" Owen said. "I mean you," Erebus said. "I j... KAREN ANN WIRTZ For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than ot... EUDORA WELTY There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous. ROBERT GREENE Jealousy is the art of injuring ourselves more than others. ALEXANDRE DUMAS Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others. MILES ANTHONY SMITH When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more... BERTRAND RUSSELL The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to t... MALCOLM DE CHAZAL I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear...And if so, in time we'd both be wretched and bitter." CHARLES FRAZIER Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. JOS Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET MORE THAN ONCE I'VE AWAKENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHE... JENNY HOLZER Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others. T.I. Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Some want more than they need, and others think they need more than they want. That's why we have so... GIFT GUGU MONA Mark it, nuncle. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so... FRED ROGERS Because human beings suffer so much more than ducks.” “You might not think so if you were a... MICHEL FABER All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. GEORGE ORWELL i have laughed more than daffodils and cried more than June. SANOBER KHAN A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or... VERA NAZARIAN Not only did I love her, but I could tell the universe loved her, too. More... CHRISTOPHER POINDEXTER All my life I have been restless- I have felt there is something more wonderful than ... MARY OLIVER Arrogance is trying to convince others you're more than who they know you are. BIANCA FRAZIER Me: I think we should have sex again. Royce: Bad idea. Me: Why? Royce: I want more fr... GENA SHOWALTER Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should t... BOOKER T. WASHINGTON As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of thems... STEPHEN R. COVEY The Blessing #2: May love lead your eyes to look out for others, may love lead your ... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. EDWARD THOMAS The simple lack of her is more to me than others presence. EDWARD THOMAS There is nothing I enjoy more than to see others enjoy themselves. CHARLES COMISKEY Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook نزار قباني Wise man can make people hear more lessons than words spoken. TOBA BETA Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act... KATHERINE MANSFIELD Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy. Style is King, 2008. SUZY KASSEM I don't think that we are putting any more weight on this particular theory than we have on any othe... SCOTT ATKINSON Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. LLOYD ALEXANDER It takes longer than 7 minutes for the Sun’s light to reach Earth. Love is instantaneous . JEREMY NATHANIEL HARRISON I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sens... CAROLINE KENNEDY As a competitor, I don't expect anything less than what I'm capable of doing. When you think you're ... MIKE LOWELL true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... DR. SEUSS We really don't know the extent of the injuries at this time, except Russell Davis, ... I think his ... DENNIS GREEN We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more th... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA When people work hard at what they do the best, We often think of them as unlike the rest. ANNE EMERICK Some people are more terrorist than others. JOHN KEEGAN More than 20 others were critically injured. ASSUMAN MUGENYI We don't look at things as done in the past because we are continuing to work. If we think something... ALEX LENAHAN You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think(: A.A. MILNE
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