One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
... a nation to be strong, must be united; to be united, must be equal in condition; to be equal in condition,… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
The habit of spending nearly every waking moment lost in thought leaves us at the mercy of whatever our thoughts happen to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“At the beginning of a pestilence and when it ends, there's always a propensity for rhetoric. In the first case, habits have… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
From 18 to 29 I was a heavy smoker, heavy drinker, drug addict, terrible eater and philanderer. The past eight years, since… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
“Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do.… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
If you do not pour water on your plant, what will happen? It will slowly wither and die. Our habits will also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls, but… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
the habit of generalizing from one particular, that mainstay of the cheap and obvious essayist, has rooted many fictions in the public… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Now, among the heresies that are spoken in this matter is the habit of calling a grey day a "colourless" day. Grey… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Seven habits that help produce the anything-but-efficient markets that rule the world. 1. Think short term. 2. Be greedy. 3. Believe in… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Any Government, like any family, can for a year spend a little more than it earns. But you and I know that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I can't stop biting my nails. It's a bad habit of mine. I like anything to do with math and numbers. I… — Khleo Copy Share Image
In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
“When you discipline yourself, you’re essentially training yourself to act in a specific way. Stay with this long enough and it becomes… — Gary Keller Copy Share Image
The idea of putting old Browborough into prison for conduct which habit had made second nature to a large proportion of the… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I am a good boy. Sweet. I love to chill. I have a select set of friends, am big on house music,… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
An idea is a light turned on in a man's soul. Comic-strip artists are in the habit of representing it by means… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will."… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I want to identify what a genuine man does—the virtues, the habits, the disciplines, the duties, the actions of true manhood—and then… — Stephen Mansfield Copy Share Image
Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Positive attitude is the filter that shapes how we interpret and respond to people and circumstances. Attitudes are habits, and since we… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I advised Chambers, and would advise every young man beginning to compose, to do it as fast as he can, to get… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
..."And for God's sake, never get into the petty habit of measuring your self-worth against other people's net-worth. As Yogi Ramen preached:… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
We're used to institutional-maintenance Catholicism, in which the institution ticks along by its own inertia and people are "born" into the Church.… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something. When I was young, I was an armed robber. I did robberies. And there's no adrenaline rush… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
