Inspirational Quotations by Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and
against the right persons and also in the right manner
at the right moment and for the right length of time.
- Anyone can become angry -- that is easy. But to be angry with the
right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right
purpose, and in the right way -- that is not easy.
- The roots of education are bitter,
but the fruit is sweet.
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
- We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
I count him braver who overcomes his
desires than him who conquers his enemies;
the hardest victory is over self.
- The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears
with composure one heavy mischance after another,
not because he does not feel them,
but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
- It is possible to fail in many ways...
while to succeed is possible only in one way.
- Wit is educated insolence.
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
- The soul never thinks without a mental picture.