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

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Excellence Quotes, Habit Quotes

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

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...

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.