“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
Aristotle · Nicomachean Ethics
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649 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Albert Einstein
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
Maya Angelou
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle · Nicomachean Ethics (paraphrased by Will Durant)
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.”
Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius
“Well done is better than well said.”
Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard's Almanack
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”
Anthony Bourdain · The Nasty Bits, 2006
“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.”
Anthony Bourdain · Medium Raw, 2010
“I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Luck is not a business model.”
Anthony Bourdain
“I'm a big believer in winging it. I'm a big believer that you're never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.”
Anthony Bourdain
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.”
Anthony Bourdain · The Nasty Bits, 2006
