Aristotle’s Famous Quotes

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Quality is not an act; it is a habit.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Without friends, no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Aristotle’s Famous Quotes part 2

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The only way to avoid criticism is to say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The highest form of knowledge is empathy.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The most perfect friendship is that between friends who are good and alike in virtue.

He who acts unjustly is more miserable than he who suffers injustice.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.