I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with… — George Burns Copy Share Image
The habits that are the most difficult to make are probably the ones that will be the most beneficial to you when… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
He found a formula for drawing comic rabbits: This formula for drawing comic rabbits paid. Till in the end he could not… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Part of the problem about authenticity is that virtues aren't the only things that are habit forming: the more someone behaves in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation.… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Real knowing comes up when we stand in the appropriate place. But usually we don’t. First we want to understand something according… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it's completed (and then double-check the results).… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
In the beginning, yes I did go back... (but) I learned that if it's continued abusive, you just can't stay there. When… — Lil' Kim Copy Share Image
There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top… — Matt Cain Copy Share Image
My habit is to get real competitive and make racing probably more work than it is enjoyable, and I put a lot… — Dale Earnhardt Jr Copy Share Image
As a man grows older, his ability to sit still and follow indoor occupations increases. He grows vespertinal in his habits as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
“IT TAKES SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR for exercise to become a habit. The external rewards will help get you to that… — Cynthia Alexander Copy Share Image
All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The simplest way to identify habits is to make sure they relate to a goal from one of these seven areas: 1.… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
With all my heart, I plead with the Latter-day Saints to live honestly with the Lord in the payment of tithes and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By changing our mindset and habits, we can actually dramatically change the course of life, improve intelligence, productivity, improve the quality of… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think you can get really bad habits, if you do the same thing, every day. You can get… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Habits are formed by the repetition of particular acts. They are strengthened by an increase in the number of repeated acts. Habits… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Here's a habit I never thought I'd develop: I gravitate to anything online that's marked 'most popular' or 'most e-mailed.' And I… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get the feeling that we're just a bunch of habits. The gestures we repeat over and over, they're just our… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I have a bad habit of playing little emotional games with men. When they date me it's cool in the beginning, we… — JWoww Copy Share Image
“A bad habit or two is good for a man or a beast. Did you ever know a man who didn't have… — Elmer Kelton Copy Share Image
