Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others – Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence – Aristotle
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
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor – Aristotle
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst – Aristotle
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire – Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it – Aristotle