Aristotle

Question 1

“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

Answer 1

Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.

Question 2

“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” ~ Aristotle

Question 3

“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” ~ Aristotle

Question 4

“The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~ Aristotle

Question 5

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ~ Aristotle

Question 6

“Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .” ~ Aristotle

Question 7

“The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.” ~ Aristotle

Question 8

“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.” ~ Aristotle

Question 9

“Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.” ~ Aristotle

Question 10

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

Question 11

“Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” ~ Aristotle

Question 12

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily
by saying nothing, doing nothing,
and being nothing.” ~ Aristotle

Question 13

“To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” ~ Aristotle

Question 14

“A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.” ~ Aristotle

Question 15

“At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose” ~ Aristotle

Question 16

“95% of everything you do is the result of habit.” ~ Aristotle

Question 17

“Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone’s garden.” ~ Aristotle

Question 18

“We are what we repeatedly do… excellence, therefore, isn’t just an act, but a habit and life isn’t just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.” ~ Aristotle

Question 19

“Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.” ~ Aristotle

Question 20

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” ~ Aristotle

Question 21

“Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances.” ~ Aristotle

Question 22

“Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.” ~ Aristotle

Question 23

We can’t learn without pain.

Question 24

“Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.” ~ Aristotle

Question 25

“True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you’re having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn’t grow you as a person.” ~ Aristotle