Habit.

The revelation for today that will illuminate the traverses of tomorrow is this: Your character is the sum of all your habits. Each willful act serves to exercise the plasticity that lends itself to self-actualization. Each time you choose to exert your will, or withhold your will, your character is strengthened, for better or for worse.

“Words of Wisdom: 1) To acquire new habits we must launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible 2) Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life- continuity of training makes things infallibly right 3)Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make,and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain.” [sic] W. James