There is a distinction here; actions are not by themselves virtuous. Two people can seem to have the same actions/habit but only one of them does it from the he

There is a distinction here; actions are not by themselves virtuous. Two people can seem to have the same actions/habit but only one of them does it from the heart. Getting back to the quote from Durant; just because you ace the test or have your peers eating from your hand, does not mean you have acheived excellence. What Aristotle talks about in Ethics is not only a habit or actions but also what drives that.