“As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial.” WantMadeSaidFeelingsReadyHabitConstantExcellenceAweRelaxRelaxationAwe Inspiring Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Most people are too busy working on insignificant projects and pursuing life's frivolities to tap their creative abilities. It's a mistake to be one of them. Striving for excellence where excellence doesn't matter is the stuff misfits are made of.” PeopleInspirationalMadeMatterStuffAbilityMistakeCreativeProjectsExcellenceStriveBusyInsignificantToo BusyMisfitsFrivolityStriving For Excellence Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.” IfsMenMayMadeLyingDesireBedComfortablePrisonExcellenceBarsIronFeathersFettersProwess Author:Lois McMaster Bujold
“Fitzgerald could sense that America was poised on the edge of a vast transformation, and wrote a novel bridging his moment and ours. The Great Gatsby made manifest precisely what Fitzgerald’s contemporaries couldn’t bear to see, and thus it is not only the Jazz Age novel par excellence, but also the harbinger of its decline and fall.” MadeMomentsAgeAmericaFallNovelBearsTransformationJazzExcellenceEdgesManifestDeclineHarbingerJazz Age Book:Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby Source: Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby