Aristotle

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Aristotle

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

Aristotle

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Aristotle

As for the life of money-making, it is one of constraint, and wealth manifestly is not the good we are seeking, because it is for use, that is, for the sake of something further.

Aristotle

At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose.

Aristotle

At the Olympic games, it isn’t the most beautiful or strongest who are crowned, but those who compete.

Aristotle

Being will not have magnitude, if it is substance. For each of the two parts must be in a different sense.

Aristotle

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

Aristotle

Character is determined by choice, not opinion.

Aristotle

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.

Aristotle