Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Bravery Quotes, Habit Quotes, Morality Quotes

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

Hope is a waking dream

Hope is a waking dream

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems...

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems...