Plato Quotes
Browse 15 quotes from Plato, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Reality is created by the mind; we can change our reality by changing our mind.”
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.”
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
“Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.”
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
“The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
