Friday, April 20, 2012

Habit


Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.  - Aristotle
 

3 comments:

Yamabushi said...

One of the best philosophers. Thanks for the reminder and a great post.

Journeyman said...

Like it!

Michele said...

Thanks!

My favorite line from the quote...
"We are what we repeatedly do."