Inspirational Quotes on Excellence

“In some dispositions there is such an envious kind of pride that they cannot endure that any but themselves should be set forth for excellent; so that when they hear one justly praised, they will either seek to dismount his virtues, or, if they be like a clear light, they will stab him with a "but" of detraction.”

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

“The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.”