Wise Ancient Greek Philosophers Quotes to Make You a Better Person!

[Music] excellence is not a gift but a skill that takes practice we do not act rightly because we are excellent in fact we achieve excellence by acting rightly we are what we repeatedly do excellence therefore is not an act but a habit be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence the oldest shortest words yes and no are those which require the most thought we have two ears and one tongue so that we could listen more and talk less I have often regretted my speech never my silence sometimes you put up walls not to keep people out but to see who cares enough to break them down the ideal man bears the accident of life with dignity and grace making the best of circumstances nothing comes from nothing it is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble falling down is not failure failure comes when you stay where you have fallen the fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them why do you care so much about laying up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation and so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul seek to learn constantly while you live do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom people are like dirt that can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die there are two sides to every question it is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life there are forces in nature called love and hate the force of love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person and the force of hate causes the decomposition of things the man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself and not upon other men has adopted the very best plan for living happily this is the man of moderation the man of manly character and of wisdom put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath the secret to happiness is freedom and the secret to freedom is courage I never did anything worth doing by accident or did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work the strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept necessity is the strongest of things for it rules everything the secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new we can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are fearful of the light happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold happiness dwells in the soul do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for he is a man of courage who does not run away but remains at his post and fights against the enemy the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what it is before them glory and danger alike and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it you will never do anything in this world without courage it is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor the most difficult thing in life is to know yourself man conquers the world by conquering himself knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom know thyself you

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Published: Thu Feb 27 2020