Powerful Quotes from Aristotle
He was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy.
“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
“We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.”
“Learning is not a child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.”
“Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities, with cheerfulness not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.”
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
“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.”
“Man is a goal goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”
“First have a definite, clear practical idea; a goal, and objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.”
“Excellence is never an accident. it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
“It is well to be up before daybreak, forsuch habits contribute to health wealth and wisdom.”
“Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“If one way be better than another, you may be sure it is nature’s way.”
“Wicked men obey from fear good men from love.”
