excellence

(ĕk'sə-ləns)
n.

1. The state, quality, or condition of excelling; superiority.
2. Something in which one excels.
3. Excellence Excellency.

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noun

1. The quality of being exceptionally good of its kind: fineness, superbness, superiority. See good/bad.
2. A special feature or quality that confers superiority: beauty, distinction, merit, perfection, virtue. See good/bad.

n

Definition: superiority
Antonyms: failure, imperfection, inferiority

IN BRIEF: Possession of unusually good qualities.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. — Booker T. Washington (1856-1915).

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Quotes:

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." - Steve Young

"A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back." - Virginia Woolf

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." - John Wooden

"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." - Oprah Winfrey

"I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism." - Oprah Winfrey

"Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for." - Woodrow T. Wilson

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