It is the habit of the unthinking to turn to the illusions of economic magic. These unhappy times call for the building… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them?… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices… — Shiv Khera Copy Share Image
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest -- sometimes not even the most diligent. But they are… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“Take excuses and procrastination as your enemies. Let them see you and frown their faces and bypass you without greetings. You will… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Habits begin to form at the very first repetition. After that there is a tropism toward repetition, for the patterns involved are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
When Goethe says that in every human condition foes lie in wait for us, "invincible only by cheerfulness and equanimity," he does… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
The second step to achieving your goals in the New Year involves action and this is where many people run off track.… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Climate change is not a major issue because it will cause sea level rises or temperature increases, since we know how to… — Shailesh Rao Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The habit of a midwinter festivity had come by the dawn of history (and probably very long before) to seem a natural… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the… — John Harvey Kellogg Copy Share Image
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn't been any radio that did… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
All I know is that, thanks to a sort of habit which has always been ingrained in me, I have never, at… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
There's a very complex connection between crime and addiction, because a lot of people are committing crime to either fuel their drug… — Kevin Sabet Copy Share Image
Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
You must learn to know the difference between tales and the truth, my Liza, she would say. Fairy tales have a habit… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“A crust of lard, habit, and cowardice envelops the soul; no matter what it craves from the depths of its prison, the… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The people I coach are very successful people, so it's very hard for winners to not constantly win. Even if it's trivial… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Enduring habits I hate… Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Just try walking very slowly, and you will be surprised - a new quality of awareness starts happening in the body. Eat… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Instead of recommending cleanliness to the poor, we should encourage contrary habits. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The Nation State as such is totally a construction: what we feel for it in terms of habits, traditions, countryside or nature… — Janne Teller Copy Share Image
“now. If any habits ever had time to fix upon her, they would have operated here. Habits are peculiar things. They will… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
Watch your thoughts, as they become your words. Watch your words, as they become your actions. Watch your actions, as they become… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the native world, major gods come in trios, duos, and groups. It is the habit of non-natives to discover the supreme… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
