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Character Quotes by Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance…
- Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their…
- Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.
- Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ... All human happiness…
- We are what we frequently do.
- Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion;…
- Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
- A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.
- It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.
- Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this,…
- Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.
- Character is revealed through action.
- We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.
- Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats…
- Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and…
- In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are…
More Character Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. — John C. Maxwell
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila