“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a h…” — Will Durant

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Will Durant The Story of Philosophy (1926)

#10001 Motivation · Wisdom

Often attributed to Aristotle, this line is actually Will Durant's summary of Aristotle's ideas about virtue in the Nicomachean Ethics.