We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Excellence Quotes, Habit Quotes

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

Hope is a waking dream

Hope is a waking dream

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to...

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...

Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is...