Accustom Quotes

40 quotes by 33 authors

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as… — Marcus Aurelius
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. — Teresa of Avila
Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored. — John Berger
Accustom yourself to tireless activity. — Alexander Suvorov
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed… — Francois Fenelon
Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. — Samuel Johnson
The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and… — Alexander Pope
We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can't allow the fear of death to creep up on… — Dmitri Shostakovich
I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well — Oscar Wilde
Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker. — Marcus Aurelius
We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by… — Blaise Pascal
Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to satisfaction with… — Seraphim Rose
Seeing the lightest and gayest purple was then most in fashion, he would always wear that which was the nearest black; and he would often… — Plutarch
Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something… — Epictetus
A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God. — Francois Fenelon
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order,… — Gouverneur Morris
You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity — George Bernard Shaw
Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in abundance. — Thomas Paine
Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it. — Mignon McLaughlin

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