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This quote is often misattributed to Aristotle. Durant was summarizing some connected statements by Aristotle as follows: “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation: we not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have these because we have acted rightly; these virtues are formed in man by doing his actions; we are we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” See related Aristotle quote for additional context.
Although a popular Einstein quote, according the Quote Investigator, there is no evidence he wrote or said these words. The earliest evidence for this quote comes from a 1981 newspaper article reporting on an Al-Anon meeting.