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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. – Aristotle
Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse. – Aristotle
Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden. – Aristotle
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. – Aristotle
He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude. – Aristotle
We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect. – Aristotle
It is the repeated performance of just and temperate actions that produces virtue. – Aristotle
We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference. – Aristotle
Character is revealed through action. – Aristotle
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not... ... – Aristotle 