The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

—Michael J. Fox

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Michael Andrew Fox, CC (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. His accolades include five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Actor Awards, and a Grammy Award. Fox was appointed as a Companion of the Order of...

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I think there's a god and I know it's not me.

—Michael J. Fox

If Spirituality is that you're humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then I'm a spiritual person.

—Michael J. Fox

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

—Michael J. Fox

There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.

—Michael J. Fox

More quotations tagged with “excellence”

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

—John F. Kennedy

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.

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