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Best Aristotle Quotes to Inspire and Motivate You

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train noble natures not to desire more, and mean ones to fear less.

The hardest victory is over self.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Hope is a waking dream.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold.”

“The good of man is the active exercise of his soul’s faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

“No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other goods.”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

“We must not listen to those who advise us to think as mortal beings, but must live as if immortal.”

“He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.”

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”

“The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

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When we focus on the competition, we become reactive. When we focus on improving ourselves, we become innovative.

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

The only way to do great work is to love what you do

Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get.

Cities remain troubled until their leaders are philosophers.

Companies that offer too many options often struggle to differentiate. Differentiation comes from clarity of WHY, not excuses of WHAT.

Examining one’s life was essential, or else it had no value."

No power can be maintained when it is only represented by hypocrites.

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent.

Perfection of character: to live your life as if it were your last moment, with no hot haste, no apathy, no pretense.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

The greatest contribution of a leader is to make others leaders.