self-improvement Quotes

The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.

People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just;... ...

We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.

We are what we continually do.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

But the virtues we get by first exercising them, as also happens in the case of the arts as well. For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them, e.g. men become... ...

Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings

Good character traits come from regular practice. We become fair by doing fair things, moderate by doing moderate things, and brave by doing brave things.

Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.