Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Quote by Shaquille O'Neal

Topics: Character Quotes, Choice Quotes, Endurance Quotes, Habit Quotes

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious...

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it...

Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it...

Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without...

Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without...

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

The character of a person is not necessarily known by the people whom he follows,...

The character of a person is not necessarily known by the people whom he follows,...

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects...

A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects...

Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get...

Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get...

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of...

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of...

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

He who is passionate and hasty, is generally honest; it is your cool dissembling hypocrite,...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who...

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who...

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least,...

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least,...