“Practice makes perfect.”

What does it mean?

You have to practice a skill a lot to become good at it.

Where does it come from?

The proverb has been traced back to the 1550s-1560s, when its form was ‘Use makes perfect.‘ The Latin version is: ‘Uses promptos facit.’ It was first used in it’s current form in the United States of Americca in ‘Diary and Autobiography of John Adams’.