Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, read more

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.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition read more

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

Good intentions are not good enough.......... ultimately we are measured by our actions.

Good intentions are not good enough.......... ultimately we are measured by our actions.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

The true gentleman does not preach his beliefs until he does so by his actions.

The true gentleman does not preach his beliefs until he does so by his actions.