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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

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Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. – Carl Schurz, address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1859

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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. – Epictetus

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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. – William Faulkner

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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on. – Ed Howe

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