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"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."

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Hope

"Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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.""

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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."

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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."

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Success

"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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