“...the thought of returning to any kind of normal routine seemed disloyal, wrong. It kept being a shock every time I remembered… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What the sick need is teachers not treaters, health schools not hospitals, instruction not treatment, education in right living not training the… — Herbert M. Shelton Copy Share Image
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had this bad habit of not writing out a first draft and going back. For me it was the first sentence,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“She felt really quite unequal to the tedious process of reconciliation which, in view of the fact that she was sorry, seemed… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Silence is an easy habit. But it doesn't come naturally. Silence has to be cultivated, enforced by implication and innuendo, looks and… — Kristen Iversen Copy Share Image
Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Habits of literary composition are perfectly familiar to me. One of the rarest of all the intellectual accomplishments that a man can… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
It took me five months to lose twenty pounds and it took me hours to gain it back. I mean it was… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
The habit of quietly absorbing the shocks will be quite a great help to stabilize pure awareness. The technique is: Just feel… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“I learned that the best way to take all people, black or white, is to take them for what they think they… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Great fiction shows us not how to conduct our behavior but how to feel. Eventually, it may show us how to face… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“Humans are more or less identical except for a few peculiar habits generally delineated by geographic circumstances and historical precedent. But essentially,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Human sexual and social behavior shares some similaries with that of rodents, but has some important differences as well. It shows much… — David J. Linden Copy Share Image
“Some behaviors that seem normal to contemporary people (and which are therefore readily assumed to be universal) would quickly destroy many small-scale… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick. The simplest single-celled organism oscillates… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
Our lives are also fed by kind words and gracious behaviour. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such… — Edward M Hays Copy Share Image
“All behavior is linked to attitudes of the heart. Therefore, discipline must address attitudes of the heart. This understanding does marvelous things… — Tedd Tripp Copy Share Image
...and was disposed too often to idealize as a virtue that habit of mean subservience to wealth and social position which, after… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Boredom is the keynote of poverty — of all its indignities, it is perhaps the hardest of all to live with —… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
“Intentional actions, repeated over and over, become habits. Habitual ways of thinking, feeling, acting, and reacting construct and compose my sense of… — David R Loy Copy Share Image
“have a kink as solid and full of habit as the ones in the hose. Slowly I pull out the full length… — Gunilla Norris Copy Share Image
Of all the named structures within the abdomen and the chest, those associated with reproduction retained the mysteries of their willful behavior… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
When I was 13 and 14, there were a lot of jokes about my bar mitzvah and my grandparents, and then when… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
I should have warned her about your habit of never doing what you're told." Jace squinted at her. "Are those Isabelle's clothes?… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The habit of dwelling on the past, has a narrowing as well as a debilitating influence. Behind us, there is a small,… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Each person is a unique individual. Hence, psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of the individual's needs, rather than tailoring… — Milton H. Erickson Copy Share Image
“The more effort we put into something, the more likely we are to value it. We are more likely to be consistent… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice,… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
The importance of inclusive behavior was modeled for me early in life. I have many childhood memories of my mother - an… — Lynne Doughtie Copy Share Image
“Such was the case for the Mexican city of Tijuana, called "Satan's playground" in those years due to the scandalous behavior that… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction. Much in the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
This fine young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water, and only lacked the one good… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Here is another Inspirational Poem that gives peace and strength The mind always fights between the wrong and the right, Be aware… — Ron Sen Copy Share Image
More often than not, the belief that you are bad contributes to the "bad" behavior. Change and learning occur most readily when… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“It is behavior, not words, that has the greatest impact on a child. When a mother tells her daughter not to allow… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
