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Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
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.]
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Habits form character and character is destiny.
Habits form character and character is destiny.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
