Habit Quotes · Page 63

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art…

— Marina Abramovic

I say that male and female are cast in the same mold; except for education and habits, the difference is not great.

— Michel de Montaigne

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

— Mark Twain

A habit is good if it helps you achieve your goal; it is bad if it hinders your achievement.

— Douglas Merrill

You'd be playing in a pub in the afternoon. Then late at night, you'd be playing a club. You got into that…

— Angus Young

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

— J. C. Watts

The fear habit is very detrimental because you attract the things you fear. If we have any fear we need to get…

— Peace Pilgrim

I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will…

— Og Mandino

The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of…

— Joseph Pilates

I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware…

— Cindy Sherman

So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do…

— Richard Stallman

Style begins by looking good naked. It's a discipline. And if you don't dress well every day, you lose the habit. It's…

— Oscar de la Renta

If the process don't transfer, they cannot even be called thinking. They can be called learning, memory, or habit, but not thinking.…

— Marilyn Jager Adams

Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would…

— Carson McCullers

I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally…

— Nathan Englander

I hollowed out, stopped listening to music, never picked up a pencil, started slipping into old habits. All of the vibrancy I…

— Gerard Way

The therapy has been on and off, but I'll always go. I notice when I don't go, I start creating bad habits…

— Fergie

Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those…

— B. C. Forbes

“Do This Now If you are building a habit-forming product, write down the answers to these questions: - What habits does your…

— Nir Eyal

Children learn what they live. Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated…

— John Taylor Gatto

If all females were not only well educated themselves but were prepared to communicate in an easy manner their stores of knowledge…

— Catharine Beecher

Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when…

— Rudolf Rocker

Talking about our problems is our greatest additction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.

— Rita Schiano

A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Domesticity was meat and drink to Mouse, and she liked taking care of people. She had done it for so long that…

— Helen Kieran Reilly

A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Make A Habit to never assume or judge a person by there appearance, as only God can judge us.

— Andrew Julesstar

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty…

— Lynn Abbey

The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to…

— Merrill Markoe

All really great pictures exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way.

— John Ruskin

He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break -- chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt…

— Emily Bronte

“Openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to.”

— Veronica Roth

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.

— Walter Benjamin

It is difficult to admonish Frenchmen. Their habit of mind is unfavorable to preachment.

— Agnes Repplier

“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.”

— Audre Lorde

Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you…

— Kenneth H. Cooper

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

— Ezra Taft Benson