To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. — Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. — Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. — Aristotle
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another — Aristotle
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. — Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the mind at about forty-nine. — Aristotle
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones. — Aristotle
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. — Aristotle
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones. — Aristotle
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. — Aristotle
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. — Aristotle