self-improvement Quotes

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

We become fair by acting fairly, moderate by acting moderately, and brave by acting bravely.

We must become just be doing just acts.

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good.

No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.

We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that... ...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not... ...

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