Habit Quotes · Page 76

habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot.

— Diane Ackerman

When you are not sure on what to do, choose a life that is most meaningful to you and make it a…

— Rita Zahara

Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to ask.

— Rhonda Byrne

My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.

— Ernest Hemingway

Imitate the habit of twilight,/Taking time to open the well of color/That fostered the brightness of day.

— John O'Donohue

Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape.

— Maria Edgeworth

A disorganized workspace means disorganized work habits. A sloppy work environment equals sloppy results.

— Larry Winget

I've gotten into this nasty habit of running away from love, but maybe one day I can find the exception to that.

— Taylor Swift

Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This…

— Robert Schumann

“There the beloved red sweater, bright tangle of necklace, earrings of amber. Each confirming: I chose these, I. But habit is different:…

— Jane Hirshfield

Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting…

— Andrew Jackson

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to…

— John Jay Chapman

I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good…

— Alice Hegan Rice

What will help you to press forward and continually hold fast to the iron rod? Center your life on the Savior and…

— Mary N. Cook

I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free…

— Peace Pilgrim

Were it not for this [dissatisfaction], the perfect painting might be painted, on the completion of which the painter could retire. It…

— Lucian Freud

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true…

— William Godwin

Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly, but take every building to pieces, and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

It has unfortunately now become a habit for so many generations, that it has almost passed into an instinct throughout the Jewish…

— Hilaire Belloc

You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want…

— Anne Bernays

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war. Yet despite this capacity for internecine warfare, most companies roll along relatively peacefully,…

— Charles Duhigg

A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment…

— John Dewey

With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land…

— Maggie Shipstead

Ultimately photography is about who you are. It's the truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.

— Leonard Freed

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the…

— Barbara Mertz

The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.

— Albert Camus

“Good character is the best insurance that pays good dividends than any insurance covers in the world. Preserve it!”

— Olawale Daniel

It is easier to learn a bad habit than to break one. It is easier to break a good habit than to…

— Evelyn E. Smith

Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.

— Charles Duhigg

...the habit of falling hardens the body, reaching the ground, to in itself, is a relief.

— Jose Saramago

Things we do regularly become buried with habits, and we lose the ability to extract their powers to inspire.

— Sara Genn

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

— Anonymous

Humans are animals of habit - they convince themselves they can't change. And that premise is wrong.

— Patrick Pichette

The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional.

— Walter Savage Landor

Spirituality is impacted not only by remembrance but by diet, stress, sleeping and eating habits among other things. Take care of yourself.

— Nouman Ali Khan

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.

— Leo Tolstoy

Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

— Denis Waitley

Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth.

— Robin Sharma

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

— Jodi Picoult