“So is this a habit of yours, leaving your bag behind in order te strike up a conversation?" He grinned and nodded… — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
Whenever I start thinking of my love for a person, I am in the habit of immediately drawing radii from my love… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid, hopefully. And I think we're all a bit crazy if we do anything that's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things about my sport that's important is consistency - being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently.… — Jonathan Horton Copy Share Image
If we compel the composer to write in terms of what the listener is able to hear, we flirt with the danger… — Jean-Jacques Nattiez Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pendants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For about 81 weeks as of this writing, I’ve tracked my daily habits on a “Lights Spreadsheet”; it’s got entries like —… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“There are many differing viewpoints on nature versus nurture, and there are those who believe that bad behavior can be excused and… — Rosemary Altea Copy Share Image
The most important factor in the training of good mental habits consists in acquiring the attitude of suspended conclusion, and in mastering… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“HOW CAN I TELL IF A MAN I’M SEEING WILL BECOME ABUSIVE? • He speaks disrespectfully about his former partners. • He… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Freud taught us that it wasn't God that imposed judgment on us and made us feel guilty when we stepped out of… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Learning to savor the moment keeps us from living in constant worry and fear and tension over things that haven't happened yet… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Rosemary bubbled with delight at the trunks. Her naivete responded whole-heartedly to the expensive simplicity of the Divers, unaware of its complexity… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The verbal patterns and the patterns of behavior we present to children in these lighthearted confections are likely to influence them for… — Esphyr Slobodkina Copy Share Image
“Die slowly He who becomes the slave of habit, who follows the same routes every day, who never changes pace, who does… — Martha Medeiros 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
We just get comfortable in our routines, and that's how it worked before, but now you can see wrestling from around the… — Sean Waltman Copy Share Image
“But if sedentary behavior makes us fat and physical activity prevents it, shouldn't the "exercise explosion" and the "new fitness revolution" have… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“At best he read popular science magazines like the Scientific American he had now, to keep himself up-to-date, in layman's terms, with… — Ian McEwan 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
“Institutions are the humanly devised constraints that structure human interaction. They are made up of formal constraints (rules, laws, constitutions), informal constraints… — Thomas Dalton 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
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
We've all tried to bunk our gym session or dance class. A single routine can get monotonous. That's why I have decided… — Disha Patani Copy Share Image
“Hello, Sister Wally," I said brightly. But she did not reply. Her eyes were red, and she kept snatching a tissue from… — Jane Christmas Copy Share Image
“In short, missionaries are scaring people into changing their behavior and abandoning their tradition. They are destroying entire cultures for the single… — Al Stefanelli 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
When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“The best behaviors one can hope for come from leaders who can weigh the benefits of cooperation, and who have long enough… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
Most poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Chickenshit refers to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty harassment of the weak by the strong; open… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
The power of material things, to bestow happiness, to bring joy into the life is tremendously exaggerated. But The right mental attitude… — Orison Swett Marden 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
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service… — Laozi Copy Share Image
