Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Action Quotes

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

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

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

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

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

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

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...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.

You cant change the way somebody shows affection towards you, everybody expresses themselves differently, period.