Plato on Perseverance Quotes

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."

"Courage is a kind of salvation."

"Courage is knowing what not to fear."

"Necessity is the mother of invention."

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

"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

"A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men."

"Character is simply habit long continued."

"Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."

"Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it."

"The soul of man is immortal and imperishable."

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

"The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and culture."

"Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil."

"The most important part of education is right training in the nursery."

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be governed by evil men."

"Let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural bent."

"There is no harm in repeating a good thing."

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age."

"Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, no great result is achieved."

"The first and greatest victory is to conquer oneself; to be conquered by oneself is of all things most shameful and vile."

"No law or ordinance is mightier than knowledge."

"Excellent things are rare."

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."

"I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life."

"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."

"Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."

"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

"Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as it has first resided in the hearts and souls of the citizens."