Excellence Quotes

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 they are good in themselves.

The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.

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 best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day,... ...

The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.

And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the more he deserves, and he that is best deserves most. Therefore the truly great-souled man must be a... ...

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

"Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident"

They should rule who are able to rule best.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Excellence, then, is about making choices, finding a middle ground, which is determined by reason, as a wise person would decide.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.