Character Quote by Michael J. Sandel

Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.

— Chanakya

Excellence or virtue is a settled disposition of the mind that determines our choice of actions and emotions and consists essentially in observing the…

— Aristotle

“Moral virtue is the quality of acting in the best way in relation to pleasures and pains, and that vice is the opposite.”

— Aristotle

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing…

— Aristotle

“Excellence in the mind is wisdom. Excellence in the heart is virtue. Excellence in the soul is love.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Moral excellence is the bright consummate flower of all progress.

— Charles Sumner

“Excellence is an Art Won by Training and Habit. We do not act rightly Because we have Virtue and Excellence, But rather, we have…

— Aristotle

“It is undoubtedly the case that the practice of the virtues makes one happier. We’ve somewhat lost sight of that essential truth, now that…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have…

— Will Durant

Excellence is the eternal quest. We achieve it by living up to our highest intellectual standards and our finest moral intuitions. In seeking excellence,…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Happiness is the offspring of concentrated action. Excellence is achieved through the progressive realization of incremental goals along the path of your life's mission.

— Robin Sharma

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have…

— Anonymous