#character

The best revenge is not to be like that.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

For this is your business: to act well the character assigned you; to choose it belongs to another.

Difficulties are things that show what men are.

Never praise or blame any man because of the things that are common to all, but only for his opinions.

By one day's defeat and giving way, virtue is either lost or preserved.

He doesn't boast, therefore he has merit. He doesn't glorify himself, therefore he endures.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Speak, that I may see you; for the soul reveals its stature through the words it chooses.

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence brings about wealth and all other goods for men, both in public and in private.

Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and every other good of man, both public and private.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The greatest honor you can pay to virtue is to practice it when no one is watching and no reward is promised.

The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; at the beginning of the journey, this alone helps or harms her.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of; for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again.

The good of man is a functioning of the soul in accordance with reason, or not without reason, and this functioning must be lifelong.

The truly good and prudent man bears all the chances of life with dignity and always does the best with what is available to him.

We become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate acts, and brave by performing brave acts.

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

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit; we become what we do repeatedly.

Shame is an ornament to the young, but a disgrace to the old.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, showing the kind of things a man chooses or avoids.

Of all the means of persuasion, personal character is the most effective.

Freedom is the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness.