A Quote by John W. Gardner

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

John W. Gardner

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John W. Gardner
American - Educator
October 8, 1912 - February 16, 2002

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Jim Rohn

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Marie Angelique Arnauld

We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Catherine McAuley

To be successful you don't need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Jim Rohn

Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well.

Henry David Thoreau

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Albert Bandura

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.

Jim Rohn

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Robert Dessaix

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Stephen Kendrick

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Oscar Wilde

A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.

Christopher Reeve

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Tony Robbins

I was taught to play the game from a total team concept-to be able to do everything reasonably well and some things extraordinarily well. If I'm not shooting well, I'll try to be an asset in other ways-like defense, passing, rebounding, and hustle.

Rick Barry

Well, that's what life is - this collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments. We just need to pay attention to them all. Wake up and pay attention to how beautiful it all is.