Best Aristotle Quotes
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
![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](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-1.jpg)
2- “Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” ~ Aristotle
![Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-2.jpg)
3- “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
![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](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-3.jpg)
4- “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ~ Aristotle
![Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-4.jpg)
5- “Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.” ~ Aristotle
![Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-5.jpg)
6- “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” ~ Aristotle
![The more you know, the more you know you don't know](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-6.jpg)
7- “Criticism is something we can avoid easily
by saying nothing, doing nothing,
and being nothing.” ~ Aristotle
![Criticism is something we can avoid easily
by saying nothing, doing nothing,
and being nothing](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-7.jpg)
8- “Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.” ~ Aristotle
![Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-8.jpg)
9- “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” ~ Aristotle
![The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-9.jpg)
10- “Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.” ~ Aristotle
![Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-10.jpg)
11- “Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.” ~ Aristotle
![Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-11.jpg)
12- “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” ~ Aristotle
![Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-12.jpg)
13- “A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.” ~ Aristotle
![A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-13.jpg)
14- “Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances.” ~ Aristotle
![Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one's material circumstances](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-14.jpg)
15- “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ~ Aristotle
![Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-15.jpg)
16- “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
![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](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-16.jpg)
17- “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
![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](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-17.jpg)
18- “Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.” ~ Aristotle
![Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-18.jpg)
19- “The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to baseness and cowardice, has his spies everywhere to listen to what is said in the meetings, and spreads dissension and calumny among the citizens and impoverishes them, is obliged to make war in order to keep his subjects occupied and impose on them permanent need of a chief.” ~ Aristotle
![The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to baseness and cowardice, has his spies everywhere to listen to what is said in the meetings, and spreads dissension and calumny among the citizens and impoverishes them, is obliged to make war in order to keep his subjects occupied and impose on them permanent need of a chief](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-19.jpg)
20- “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle
![It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-20.jpg)
21- “The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.” ~ Aristotle
![The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-21.jpg)
22- “Character is revealed through action.” ~ Aristotle
![Character is revealed through action](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-22.jpg)
23- “Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind” ~ Aristotle
![Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-23.jpg)
24- “What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” ~ Aristotle
![What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-24.jpg)
25- “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~ Aristotle
![Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-25.jpg)
26- “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” ~ Aristotle
![You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-26.jpg)
27- “The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.” ~ Aristotle
![The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-27.jpg)
28- “The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.” ~ Aristotle
![The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-28.jpg)
29- “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” ~ Aristotle
![The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-29.jpg)
30- “No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” ~ Aristotle
![No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-30.jpg)
31- “Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.” ~ Aristotle
![Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-31.jpg)
32- “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” ~ Aristotle
![Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-32.jpg)
33- “It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.” ~ Aristotle
![It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-33.jpg)
34- “Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers.” ~ Aristotle
![Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-34.jpg)
35- “Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.” ~ Aristotle
![Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-35.jpg)
36- “The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.” ~ Aristotle
![The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-36.jpg)
37- “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” ~ Aristotle
![He who has overcome his fears will truly be free](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-37.jpg)
38- “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” ~ Aristotle
![I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-38.jpg)
39- “The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.” ~ Aristotle
![The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-39.jpg)
40- “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
![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](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-40.jpg)
41- “Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.” ~ Aristotle
![Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-41.jpg)
42- “There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience.” ~ Aristotle
![There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-42.jpg)
43- “Through discipline comes freedom.” ~ Aristotle
![Through discipline comes freedom](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-43-1.jpg)
44- “When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.” ~ Aristotle
![When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-44.jpg)
45- “A friend of everyone is a friend of no one” ~ Aristotle
![A friend of everyone is a friend of no one](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-45.jpg)
46- “We can’t learn without pain.” ~ Aristotle
![We can't learn without pain](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-46.jpg)
47- “At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose” ~ Aristotle
![At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-47.jpg)
48- “The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it” ~ Aristotle
![The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-48.jpg)
49- “The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.” ~ Aristotle
![The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-49.jpg)
50- “Fortune favours the bold.” ~ Aristotle
![Fortune favours the bold](https://realityquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Aristotle-Quotes-50.jpg)