Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Encouragement Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Motivation Quotes

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger...

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger...

That's the difference between movies and real life. In real life, you don't always get...

That's the difference between movies and real life. In real life, you don't always get...

Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A...

Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A...