“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”

“habits of virtue and vice are caused by acts”

“We acquire a particular quality by acting in a particular way.”

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”

“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.”

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.”