Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the… — William James Copy Share Image
You should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Many people's unhappiness is rooted in the habitual role they play. While our family role may have made sense growing up, it… — Lauren Mackler Copy Share Image
Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I certainly wouldn't advocate anyone using drugs on a regular or habitual basis. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Growth is transcending yourself, your habitual self, which is none other than ego. — Lester Levenson Copy Share Image
I cannot favour laws such as that of Idaho, which allows sterilization of 'mental defectives, epileptics, habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sex… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I have an habitual feeling of my real life having past, and that I am leading a posthumous existence. — John Keats Copy Share Image
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious. — Baal Shem Tov Copy Share Image
For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When a person's primary objective is to maximize material pleasures while minimizing discomforts, then life becomes a constant process of "pushing" (trying… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
These various habits of thought, or habitual expressions of life, are all phases of the single life sequence of the individual; therefore… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
The secret to creative freedom is letting go of our habitual certainities. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The last two - distractions and fears - are the dangerous ones. They're the habitual demons that invade the launch of any… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I always write the same way. I always write with a yellow pad and a ballpoint pen on my bed. And then… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual,… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You may have living and habitual conversation in heaven, under the aspect of the most simple, ordinary life. Remember that holiness does… — Henry Edward Manning Copy Share Image
