117 quotes
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader."
- Aristotle
Leadership
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Hope
"Change in all things is sweet."
- Aristotle
Change
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
- Aristotle
Love
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
- Aristotle
Inspiration
"Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish."
- Aristotle
Creativity
""To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter.""
- Aristotle
Generosity
""We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.""
- Aristotle
Success
"Through discipline comes freedom."
- Aristotle
Self-improvement
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
- Aristotle
Education
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
- Aristotle
Education
"Those who know, do. Those who understand, teach."
- Aristotle
Inspiration
"Hope, said Aristotle, is the dream of a waking man."
- Aristotle
Hope
"Hope is a waking dream."
- Aristotle
Hope
"Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation."
- Aristotle
Aspirations
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them."
- Aristotle
Learning
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
- Aristotle
Reflection
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
- Aristotle
Relationships
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act. But a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
- Aristotle
Courage
"There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing."
- Aristotle
Courage
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"Memory is the scribe of the soul."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."
- Aristotle
Connection to Earth
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold."
- Aristotle
Awareness
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
Teamwork
"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."
- Aristotle
Awareness
"Love is a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
- Aristotle
Love
"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
- Aristotle
Teamwork
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"One swallow will not make spring, nor one bee honey."
- Aristotle
Balance
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
- Aristotle
Nature
"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
"We are defined by what we do repeatedly, therefore excellence is a habit, not an act."
- Aristotle
Leadership
"“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act. But a habit.”"
- Aristotle
Success
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
""The law is reason, free from passion.""
- Aristotle
Philosophy
""At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.""
- Aristotle
Philosophy
"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
- Aristotle
Relationships
"The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to."
- Aristotle
Compassion
"Good habits formed at youth make all the difference."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
- Aristotle
Philosophy
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold."
- Aristotle
Awareness
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
- Aristotle
Courage
"We make war that we may live in peace."
- Aristotle
Peace
"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."
- Aristotle
Success
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."
- Aristotle
Determination
"First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end."
- Aristotle
Goals
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows."
- Aristotle
Knowledge
"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."
- Aristotle
Motivation
"We are what we repeatedly do."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
- Aristotle
Motivation
"Those who know do. Those that understand, teach."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
- Aristotle
Relationships
"It is in the darkest hour that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle
Hope
"What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do."
- Aristotle
Choice
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Motivation
"What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good."
- Aristotle
Service
"The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
- Aristotle
Education
"Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensured a good life."
- Aristotle
Respect
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour."
- Aristotle
Courage
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit, not a virtue."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom"
- Aristotle
Knowledge
"Friendship is essentially a partnership."
- Aristotle
Connection to Earth
"Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness. Not through insensibility but through greatness of mind."
- Aristotle
Bravery
"First, have a definite, clear, practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end"
- Aristotle
Goals
"It’s during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light"
- Aristotle
Hope
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
- Aristotle
Self-improvement
"The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."
- Aristotle
Honesty
"“Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.”"
- Aristotle
Vision
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"The end of labor is to gain leisure."
- Aristotle
Balance
"Happiness is the highest good."
- Aristotle
Happiness
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."
- Aristotle
Growth
"Amicus Plato sed major amicus veritas"
- Aristotle
Integrity
"Excellence is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"All men by nature desire knowledge."
- Aristotle
Knowledge
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous."
- Aristotle
Awareness
"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
Personal Growth
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence"
- Aristotle
Happiness
"Teaching is the highest form of comprehension."
- Aristotle
Education
"Those who are aware do. Those who comprehend, teach."
- Aristotle
Education
"The highest form of understanding is teaching."
- Aristotle
Education
"Teaching is the highest form of understanding."
- Aristotle
Education
"He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander."
- Aristotle
Leadership
"Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep."
- Aristotle
Belief in Self
"It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions."
- Aristotle
Self-improvement
"Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference."
- Aristotle
Belief
"Those who know do. Those who understand, teach."
- Aristotle
Wisdom
"Art takes nature as its model."
- Aristotle
Creativity
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self."
- Aristotle
Self-improvement
"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
- Aristotle
Self-awareness
"Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
- Aristotle
Self-awareness
"“The law is reason free from passion.”"
- Aristotle
Philosophy
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Achievement
"To perceive is to suffer."
- Aristotle
Philosophy
"Winning is not an event, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."
- Aristotle
Persistence
""Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.""
- Aristotle
Love
""It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.""
- Aristotle
Hope
"The basis of a democratic state is liberty."
- Aristotle
Liberation
"A single swallow does not make a summer."
- Aristotle
Philosophy
"Quality is not an act; it is a habit."
- Aristotle
Hard Work
"Education is the best provision for old age."
- Aristotle
Education
""The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.""
- Aristotle
Education
"Quality is not an act; it’s a habit."
- Aristotle
Efficiency
"Happiness depends upon ourselves"
- Aristotle
Happiness
""We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.""
- Aristotle
Success
"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
- Aristotle
Happiness
"To live happily is an inward power of the soul."
- Aristotle
Inner Peace