Definition of Excel

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Definition of Excel

Excel

To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.

To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.

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Excel Quotations

No crime is so great as daring to excel.
Winston Churchill

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
Aristotle

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
Alexander the Great

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.
Alexander the Great

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Plutarch

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.
Plutarch

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
Mary Kay Ash

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
H. L. Mencken

Excel Translations

excel in Italian is superare, superare
excel in Latin is vinco vici victum
excel in Spanish is sobrepasar

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