Excellence

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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic

Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

Author

Hesiod

Source

Works and Days

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Michael J. Fox

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Topic

Perfectionism Excellence Personal development Self-improvement

Speaker

Michael J. Fox

Source

The Most Important Thing I Know

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Fox, Michael J. Quoted in The Most Important Thing I Know. Compiled by Lorne A. Adrain. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997.

Everybody I have ever known or read about who was really a great artist has worked until they dropped dead.

Arnold Newman

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Topic

Artistic development Hard work Excellence Art

Speaker

Arnold Newman

Source

American Suburban X

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Newman, Arnold. Interviewed by Alexis Anne Clements. American Suburb X, 20 Oct. 2009, www.americansuburbx.com/2009/10/interview-interview-with-arnold-newman.html.