"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act but a habit"
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Aristotle
(384-322 BC) Greek philosopher
Source:
Misattributed to Aristotle. Actually a quote from Will Durant in The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers (1926), Ch. II: Aristotle and Greek Science; part VII: Ethics and the Nature of Happiness. The misattribution is from taking Durant's summation of Aristotle's ideas as being the words of Aristotle himself.
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This quote is not from Aristotle. It's from Will Durant paraphrasing Aristotle. It's a fine quote, but it's not the sort of thing Aristotle would say - it's poetic; it's not strictly logical. Suppose we repeatedly do courageous actions. Does that make us "courageous actions"? No, it makes us courageous. That may sound like a nitpicky distinction, but when it comes to nitpicky distinctions, I learned from the best: Aristotle.
 -- Colin, Arena WI     
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    "Winning is a habit, unfortunately so is losing". Vince Lombardi
     -- jim k, Austin     
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    Garbage in, garbage out. ;-)
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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     -- jim k, Austin      
     -- Mike, Norwalk      
    Practice makes perfect.
     -- cal, Lewisville, Tx     
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    Any value given this quote would have to be with a defining limited scope.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Aristotle could not see beyond self, therefore his limited view. 
     -- Ronw13, Oregon     
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