“We could spend weeks, months, even years laboring with the personality ethic trying to change our attitudes and behaviors and not even… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“The old laissez faire failed because it was based on erroneous premises regarding human behavior. As a theory it failed because it… — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
Everything seems fine until you're about 40. Then something is definitely beginning to go wrong. And you look in the mirror with… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The things to do are: the things that need doing: that you see need to be done, and that no one else… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
Newcomers should be put in an established position where the expectations are known and help is available. New major assignments should mainly… — Edward Hallowell Copy Share Image
There are many objects of desire, and therefore many desires. Some are born with us, hunger, yearning, and pride of place, and… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Crisis or transition of any kind reminds us of what matters most. In the routine of life, we often take our families-our… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
If you have a habit of declaring milestones or changing them based on the crisis of the day, don't expect the team… — Martin Zwilling Copy Share Image
Study the behavior of animals and you will understand human psychology and sociology. Study a flower excited under sunlight, and you will… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“I have a habit of falling in love with souls who have yet to be at peace with their bodies, their minds,… — F. Gabdon Copy Share Image
“Recall our discussion of the pendulum. Its position at a given instant does not fix its subsequent behavior. Suppose a photograph shows… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
I did study the art of being a barber because I wanted to figure out what my routine would be. Do you… — Sean Patrick Thomas Copy Share Image
“Bjerknes had come up with equations capable of describing the behavior of the atmosphere. The state of the atmosphere at any point… — Heidi Cullen Copy Share Image
“As we leave this chapter, choose a habit you want to form and begin putting these principles into practice. Be patient with… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be… — Josiah Johnson Hawes Copy Share Image
“An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
When we react to life from the head without joining forces with the heart, it can lead us into childish, inelegant behavior… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to… — Magnus Scheving Copy Share Image
“When you hit the wall in your disciplines, routines, rhythms, and consistency, realize that’s when you are separating yourself from your old… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few… — Frank Pierson Copy Share Image
Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
It is so much easier to rest contented with what we have already acquired than to change ever so slightly those routine… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
“Institutions are “stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior,” as Huntington put it, the most important function of which is to facilitate collective… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is only when a Christian recognizes that drinking is not only a harmful habit, but also a transgression of a God-given… — Samuele Bacchiocchi Copy Share Image
“Amy Wrzesniewski, associate professor of organizational behavior at Yale University, has been studying a classification system that can help you recognize your… — Vishen Lakhiani Copy Share Image
Having children is not an act of God. It's not like you're walking down the street and pregnancy strikes you; children are… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure that I care for the idea of strangers examining my daily habits and folkways, studying my language, inspecting my… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“As a society we’ve progressed to a point where it is unacceptable behavior to knock someone down who is acting a fool.… — Aaron Blaylock Copy Share Image
“Discipline" is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up images of somebody standing over you with a stick, telling… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
“In [Bloom's] having managed to sustain his curiosity about the people and the world around him after thirty-eight years of familiarity and… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret. It is not many years since… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
“Success-bound people learn early in their careers to avoid the mañana habit. They do today whatever can possibly be done today and… — Sir John Templeton Copy Share Image
“The evidence from behavior genetics and twin studies indicating that 40 to 50 percent of the variance among people in temperament, personality,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Sometimes our childhood experiences are emotionally intense, which can create strong mental models. These experiences and our assumptions about them are then… — Elizabeth Thornton Copy Share Image
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