All ARISTOTLE Quotes about “Character”

“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.”
“We are what we frequently do.”
“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”
“Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion; and if over a long time he habitually listens to music that rouses ignoble passions, his whole character will be shaped to an ignoble form.”
“We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.”
“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.”
“Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.”
“All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.”
“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.”
“In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.”
“PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.”
“It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.”
“Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.”
“Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.”
“Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess external goods to a useless extent but are deficient in higher qualities.”
“Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ... All human happiness and misery take the form of action.”
“Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore should be taken which will give them lasting prosperity; and as this is equally the interest of all classes, the proceeds of the public revenues should be accumulated and distributed among its poor, if possible, in such quantities as may enable them to purchase a little farm, or, at any rate, make a beginning in trade or husbandry.”
“Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.”
“Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes may be distinguished by their effects on character.”
“One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.”
“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”
“Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.”

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