A love of reading is an acquired taste, not an instinctive preference. The habit of reading is formed in childhood; and a… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
A concern with parenting...must direct attention beyond behavior. This is because parenting is not simply a set of behaviors, but participation in… — Nancy Chodorow Copy Share Image
Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“But I had deliberately acquired the habit of closing my eyes even to such obvious assumptions, just as though I did not… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
Both my parents were keen golfers and Dad was such a creature of habit that he didn't see much of me at… — Steve Nicol Copy Share Image
“I am not in the habit', said Don Quixote, 'of despoiling those whom I vanquish, nor is it a custom of chivalry… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“God’s Word changes people, changes their thinking, changes their decisions, and changes their behavior. Change is an important matter to nouthetic counselors.… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
I think we get stuck in routines so easily that when an absurd moment in life seems to be there for no… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
“I'm not modest,' she said last year. 'I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I do pray for humility,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was to be nothing special about it, nothing that savored of a religious Order, no special rule, no distinctive habit. She,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented -… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
“Like the perfect beach vacation, where the routine is so blissfully uneventful that when you return home and friends ask how your… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“It has helped me to see more clearly how, as politically incorrect as it may sound, our understanding of “normal” behavior for… — Enrico Gnaulati Copy Share Image
Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man's wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his… — Waverley Root Copy Share Image
“Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themselves. They know what they… — Fern Schumer Chapman Copy Share Image
It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
Complaining becomes a habit. Focusing on the negative also becomes a habit. It’s one of the most detrimental habits you can possibly… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
“I do not expect Henrique Mauricio to conform to my standards of behavior," Alaric said. "I expect him not to do things… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Individuals who are hurting emotionally think poorly of themselves and act in ways that will cause others to think poorly of them.… — Andrew Slaby Copy Share Image
Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
I had a terrible temper, after all, and though it rarely erupted, when it did it frightened me and anyone near its… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Far from being a pack of baying butchers,critics sometimes have a perverse habit of tending to the sick and wounded on the… — Mark Kermode Copy Share Image
Your closest relationships are often the ones that have the most effect on you, but they are frequently the ones most difficult… — Richard Moss Copy Share Image
“Stop entertaining two faced people. You know the ones who have split personalities and untrustworthy habits. Nine times out of ten if… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go... But, of course, ceasing to be "in love"… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My interest in the psychological roots of psychosis has both personal (my brother Andrew committed suicide) and professional origins (I was trained… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in… — Thomas Lickona Copy Share Image
“And I see you have not resisted their lure either.” He motioned toward her books. “Might I look at your selections?” She… — Jess Michaels Copy Share Image
That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The habit of breaking up one's colour to make it brilliant dates from further back than Impressionism - Couture advocates it in… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
People who know me know that I'm a rabid fan of the Kansas Jayhawks. My quirky habit is that every Kansas game… — Brad Garlinghouse Copy Share Image
“while the long history of religious oppression and hypocrisy is profoundly sobering, the earnest seeker must look beyond the behavior of flawed… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
