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 an act but a habit – Aristotle

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances – Aristotle

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity – Aristotle

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope – Aristotle

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous – Aristotle

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well – Aristotle