It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Doing a good deed once is easy, but making it a habit is hard.
- In plain terms
- Doing good once is easy, but doing it always is hard.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on building good habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What good habit do you struggle to keep?
- Do actions define character?
Another view
Life circumstances sometimes make consistency difficult despite good intent.
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