A precisian professor had the habit of saying: "... quartic polynomial ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e , where e need not be the base of the… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person. — Sam Levenson 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
It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
Habit is powerful for failure&success.is also powerful for good&evil,for loosing&winning,.. — Kezmanity Copy Share Image
“You know something?” Frank said, after a moment. “You’ve got a bad habit of taking too much credit for the stuff other… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“I make it a habit to fight everyday before i head to work, strangely it gives me what it takes to deal… — Bijoy Copy Share Image
Anyone can have a good day. The question is what do you do on a bad day. That's when you're being tested.… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Even dogs and horses have their actions modified by association with human beings; they form different habits because human beings are concerned… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It is indeed not easy to distinguish affectation from habit; he that has once studiously developed a style, rarely writes afterwards with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
To be a social success, do not act pathetic, arrogant, or bored. Do not discuss your unhappy childhood, your visit to the… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
The Greeks invented the idea of nemesis to show how any single virtue, stubbornly maintained gradually changes into a destructive vice. Our… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
We feel that to reveal embarrassing or private things, we have given someone something, that, like a primitive person fearing that a… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time,… — William Brinkley Copy Share Image
A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to appreciate in everyone we meet. We can… — Carl Holmes Copy Share Image
Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,'… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in… — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives. — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed. — William James Copy Share Image
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Will Durant” — Nicola Cantan Copy Share Image
A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I socially have one bad habit which is I meet people, hear their name, see their face and minutes later I have… — Kyle MacDonald Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Read The Power of Habit. — John Spence Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue. — Irvin S. Cobb Copy Share Image
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“As Daniel Gilbert says, “time and variety are two ways to avoid habituation, and if you have one, then you don’t need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image