Aristotle was a philosopher from ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects from physics to politics and economics. He left us several quotes regarding habits that are still powerful today. Let’s explore these habits to have a greater understanding of them.
Quality is not an act; it is a habit.
Showing high quality in anything is not a one-time thing. To prove quality, it has to happen every time, with consistency. Strive to show quality making it a habit to perform every single time.
95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
You are the result of the thing you do daily, your habits. That is why it is so important to build your habits on a daily basis. You can’t expect to perform at your 100% if you don’t practice. Waking up early is a great example of a habit that is beneficial, if you practice it you get to do more, and have more results. On the contrary, if your habit is sleeping in late, you don’t get to do as much, and what you will have to show will be much less.
We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Repeat something a thousand times and you will get good at doing it. Excellence builds from that habit of practicing until perfection. Never give up until you do something at an excellent level.
The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.
The example of waking up early works again. How do you expect to wake up early if you woke up late when you were a child? You will have to unlearn that bad habit before you get the new one. It is better to have good habits from childhood, that way you don’t have to unlearn them as an adult, but instead, they add to your productivity and success.
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
Again the habit of waking up early is important to Aristotle. To him, it is clear that it aids in other areas of life like health, wealth, and wisdom. As time is our most precious resource, using time efficiently from early in the morning will bring great returns.
I hope you find these quotes inspiring to work on your habits on a daily basis.