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...

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

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...

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

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...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...