We are what we repeatedly do
Character is formed by habits, not single acts
We are what we repeatedly do in a sentence
“Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Origin of We are what we repeatedly do
Will Durant summarizing Aristotle in The Story of Philosophy
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