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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
