Habits Quotes · Page 114

“It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances.”

— Victor Hugo

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.

— Mark Twain

Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.

— Josh Billings

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking.

— Lauren Bacall

Going to the gym isn't the toughest part...it's the eating habits that mess everything up. BE DISCIPLINED.

— Anonymous

I was going to quit all my bad habits.I really was!But then it occurred to me that no one likes a quitter.

— Anonymous

Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.

— Maxwell Maltz

It's easier to fall back into old behaviors when you come back to a place where you were a shorter person.

— Joseph Dougherty

More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.

— Stephen Covey

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

— John C. Bogle

My work ethic doesn't change, my routine doesn't change. Maybe opportunity changes, but you can only control what you can control.

— Jordan Poole

“For if you do not consider the man before you to be human, there are few constraints of conscience on your behavior…

— Paul Auster

“knowing the determinants of health habits is important because once bad habits are ingrained, they are very difficult to change.”

— Shelley E Taylor

As long as were being reasonable and considerate, difficult behaviors from others say a lot more about them than they do about…

— Senoraroy

“Anna was too old to believe that people always lied for a reason. Mostly they lied because it was easy, felt good,…

— Nevada Barr

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

“If she[…] had known how much her first half-inch beginning to let go would take - and how long her noticing and…

— Annie Dillard

The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over…

— Wendy O. Williams

If you are referring to the characters of The Room, each character has a different personality which you can see very clearly…

— Tommy Wiseau

Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from…

— David Brooks

“some items are difficult for the consumer to stock for very long. Depending on food habits, bread, milk, fruit, salad, vegetables, fish…

— Greg Thain

“Is it just me, or do you also think this is unnatural behavior in a female parent? Isn't there a federal law…

— A.E. Cannon

“The thing about moving," he said, "is it's a good way to shake loose whatever old baggage you have, or the old…

— Tara Schuster

“99U’s Manage Your Day-to-Day assembles insights around four key skill sets you must master to succeed: building a rock-solid daily routine, taming…

— Jocelyn K. Glei

It is habit for me to discount myself before somebody else does it for me. Better to get in the first lick

— Errol Flynn

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.

— Charles Duhigg

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss -…

— Herb Alpert

“People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.” Within”

— Kevin Nichols

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

— Ken Blanchard

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

— Dan Buettner

Everything I know about Facebook makes me want to avoid it. Twitter has really improved my reading habits.

— Robert Christgau

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

— Anonymous

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn't what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply…

— Paulo Coelho

Everyone can feel the nothingness, the void, just beneath the surface of everyday routines and securities.

— John Zerzan

“Choose one behavior that you do on a daily basis and begin to take a moment to be mindful along with it.”

— Shea Matthew Fisher

“Many times others’ behaviors or points of view that seem inexplicable to us are driven by their fears. I”

— Concetta Bertoldi

“Because their fears were so deep, verbal acknowledgment would not suffice. He had to model the behavior.”

— Martin Linsky

The more quickly and efficiently you can change your behavior pattern, the stronger personal power you've.

— Senoraroy

Any decision you make isn't worth a tinkers damn until you have formed the habit of making and keeping it.

— Henry Ford