Quote of the Week: Orison Swett Marden on Excellence

People who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others so them, but always a little better. They always pushed things that came to their hands a little higher up, this little farther on, that counts in the quality of life’s work. It is constant effort to be first-class in everything one attempts that conquers the heights of excellence.

—Orison Swett Marden on Excel­lence

I’m a big fan of quotes. They have been a source of inspi­ra­tion to me since col­lege. Begin­ning today, each Monday Mar­ble­head will post a quote to start the week. If you have any favorites quotes, let me know and I’ll put them in my collection.

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