The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
...smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Habit hath so vast a prevalence over the human mind that there is scarce anything too strange or too strong to be… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy.… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree or certainty which the evidence warrants, would,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Nowadays, people have a habit of relativizing religion, reducing it to "your truth" versus "my truth" versus "their truth," and that's the… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
Inspiration can show up almost any time, though I have yet to see anyone scratching out melodic ideas on a restaurant napkin… — William P. Perry Copy Share Image
Bookish people drolly claim to be addicted. I think, in some cases, this is literally true. . . . I suppose this… — Henrietta Rose-Innes Copy Share Image
...there are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood, age retains its tastes by habit. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has been our experience that if a young man decides to go on a mission, he can not only play well… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
A mind which has once imbibed a taste for scientific inquiry, and has learnt the habit of applying its principles readily to… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
The most important habit is solitude, quiet time. People who enter their day by taking 45 minutes or an hour for themselves… — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
By using your heart as your compass, you can see more clearly which direction to go to stop self-defeating behavior. If you… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
