{"topic":"excellence","quotes":[{"quote":"It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing.","author":"Aristotle"},{"quote":"To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.","author":"Aristotle"},{"quote":"With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.","author":"George F. Will"},{"quote":"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.","author":"H. Jackson Brown Jr."},{"quote":"Strive for excellence, not perfection.","author":"Jane Austen"},{"quote":"In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.","author":"John F. Kennedy"},{"quote":"The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.","author":"Michael J. Fox"},{"quote":"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.","author":"Pearl Buck"},{"quote":"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.","author":"Publilius Syrus"},{"quote":"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.","author":"Sallust"},{"quote":"The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.","author":"Shana Alexander"},{"quote":"The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.","author":"Sir Winston Churchill"},{"quote":"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."}]}