It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it... should it become a habit it… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves… — William James Copy Share Image
Keep my word positive. Words become my behaviors. Keep my behaviors positive. Behaviors become my habits. Keep my habits positive. Habits become… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The ‘absorbent mind’ welcomes everything, puts its hope in everything, accepts poverty equally with wealth, adopts any religion and the prejudices and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Beings who are born not only unaware of, but quite indifferent to, the aims and habits of the social group have to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I believe the conservatives need to push back against the ungrateful habit of blaming the West by pointing repeatedly to the self-inflicted… — Amy Wax Copy Share Image
I remember someone said to me, "Beware of instant chemistry with people, because a lot of time it's the recognition of something… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“We can’t go from zero to sixty in a day or even a week when it comes to shifting our food-habit gears.… — Mary DeTurris Poust Copy Share Image
I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may… — Alice James Copy Share Image
It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The means of communication, the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits, certain intellectual… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Our imagination so magnifies this present existence, by the power of continual reflection on it, and so attenuates eternity, by not thinking… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
I feel it is my Christian duty to be at least as careful in my personal grooming, if not more so, than… — Eugenia Price Copy Share Image
Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
I had a horrible life habit that I had to change. And I think it's very true, the later we make decisions… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Toni Morrison has a habit, perhaps traceable to the pernicious influence of William Faulkner, of plunging into the narrative before the reader… — John Updike Copy Share Image
If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Relationships have a nasty habit of reversing themselves; whatever has been done to you in a previous involvement you'll do to the… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
“When you have a Bad Habit, they tend to make no apologies for their actions, as loud and blatantly disrespectful as those… — Blu Daniels Copy Share Image
A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Try to develop actual work habits, and even though you have a busy life, try to reserve an hour, say - or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The… — David Allen Copy Share Image
“Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness. If we have habits that work for us,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Perfection I've lived with the pretense of perfection for seventeen years. Give my room a cursory inspection, you'd think I have OCD.… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects,… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
We live with many thoughts, emotions, and habits, but at the same time we have other eyes, another mind capable of watching… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
“Habitual procrastinators will readily testify to all the lost opportunities, missed deadlines, failed relationships and even monetary losses incurred just because of… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
You need not be proud of me… I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Over time, you'll find that the more you trust your intuition and allow it to set your direction, the more you build… — Lauren Mackler Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that you have at least some sort of inner thing you don't talk about. That's why I… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Habits aren't just hard to break; they're often difficult to recognize. But if we allow it to remain, it will transform everything… — Santanu Mishra Copy Share Image
The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home… — William Topaz McGonagall Copy Share Image
