Character Quote by Aristotle

“The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others; the man of pleasure in his own sensations; but the…

— marcus aurelius

“A philosophy of work is essential if we would be whole men, holy men, healthy men, joyous men. A certain amount of goods is…

— Dorothy Day

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have…

— Thomas Aquinas

“I see man as a hero. With his own happiness as his moral obligation; productive achievementbas his noblest activity and reason as the only…

— Ayn Rand

“But virtue, by the bare statement of its actions, can so affect men's minds as to create at once both admiration of the things…

— Plutarch

“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the…

— Ayn Rand

“Man skills may win you man points, but manhood virtues win the heart of God. Virtue is much harder to develop than skill, and…

— Mark Batterson

“The virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”

— Anonymous

“[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive,…

— Iain Pears

“and the degree of a man’s productiveness is the degree of his reward. This”

— Ayn Rand

“For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded…

— G.K. Chesterton

“The man who takes more pride in the steps to attain the result than the result itself cannot be stopped. The work truly instills…

— Wes Watson