A friend of mine was going through a "drive for excellence" type movement where she works and had some wonderful words to share on the subject::
(*Re-printed with permission*)
{"So I was pondering on why do we not strive for excellence at all times? And not just at work, but in all areas of our lives?
The idea of "the ultimate excellence" may be too extreme; however, I do believe that we all possess the energy needed to achieve "our own level of excellence." Our highest potential if you will. There is something that distiguishes the ordinary from the extraordinary."}
Then she included this great quote:
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
CJ
Friday, November 12, 2010
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