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Mediocre men work at their best men seeking excellence strive to do better
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"Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better"

- Edwin Louis Cole

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This quote by Edwin Louis Cole talks with the suggestion that those that are content with mediocrity will just ever before function to their finest capacity, while those who strive for quality will certainly always be pushing themselves to do better. It suggests that those who are material with mediocrity will never ever reach their full possibility, while those who are driven to attain quality will certainly constantly be striving to improve as well as reach greater. This quote urges us to pursue excellence in all that we do, as well as to never be material with mediocrity. It reminds us that we ought to always be pressing ourselves to do better as well as to reach our greatest capacity. It is a suggestion that we should never opt for much less than our finest, and that we need to constantly be making every effort to do better.

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Edwin Louis Cole This quote is written / told by Edwin Louis Cole between September 10, 1922 and August 27, 2002. He was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 51 other quotes.

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