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Excellence Quotes by Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those…
- 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…
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and…
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in…
- The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.
- If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
- The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be several human excellences…
- The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.
- The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.
- We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he,…
- All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit,…
- If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul…
- Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
- These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way…
- There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings.…
- 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…
- No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
- Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the…
More Excellence Quotes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is… — Jeffrey Skoll
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot
- Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
- The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. — Shana Alexander