Strive for excellence, not perfection. H. Jackson Brown Jr., O Magazine, December 2003

To try to be better is to be better. Charlotte Cushman, quoted in O Magazine, December 2003

My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible. Josephine demott Robinson, O Magazine, December...

I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. Leontyne Price, O Magazine,...

Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Madeline Bridges, O...

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more...

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it. Marie de Sevigne, O...

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. Bell Hooks, O Magazine, December 2003

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be. Oprah Winfrey,...

To want to be what one can be is purpose in life. Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002