There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
– Elbert Hubbard, in John North Willys, frequently misattributed to Aristotle
Elbert Hubbard is the author of A Message to Garcia
Mar 102014
Jan 082014
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
– Aristotle
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/80461-excellence-is-never-an-accident-it-is-always-the-result
Dec 132013
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
– Aristotle
http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/quotations/aristotle.html
Nov 162013
But is there any one thus intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom such a condition is expedient and right,
or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature?
There is no difficulty in answering this question, on grounds both of reason and of fact.
For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient;
from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule.
– Aristotle, Politics, 350 B.C.E.
Oct 102013
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way. This is not easy.
Aristotle, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century bc) of a Greek original (c. 325 bc); in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Nov 292012
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not a trait, but a habit.
– Aristotle