“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
“Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits are also weakened or broken, and contrary habits are formed by the repetition of contrary acts.”
“habits of virtue and vice are caused by acts”
“Sow a thought, and you reap an act;Sow an act, and you reap a habit;Sow a habit, and you reap a character;Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
“She had the habit of making up virtuous qualities in a man to support her attraction.”
“Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.”