Forming Quotes

268 quotes by 238 authors

People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by use they become… — Joseph Butler
The old grooves must be erased in your brain, without forming new ones. You must realize yourself as the immovable, behind and beyond the movable,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible. — Vince Lombardi
Our writing equipment takes part in forming our thoughts. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently,… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other… — William Thurston
Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to… — Heinz Hopf
Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial and industrial associations… — Alexis de Tocqueville
But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that… — Thomas Jefferson
As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock of rights, derive… — John Dickinson
Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young. — Aristotle
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should unite in forming… — George Washington
I considered 4 of these bills [of the revised code of Virginia] as forming a system by which every fibre would be eradicated of antient… — Thomas Jefferson
I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know… — Scott Bakula
I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with it. — Marcel Duchamp
But the most amazing, almost miraculous news is that the majority of the building is still intact. Due to one of the most astonishingly intelligent… — Unknown Author
Americans of all ages, all stations of life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations...In democratic countries knowledge of how to combine is… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great meeting houses with… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of… — John Marshall
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate.… — Charles Hodge

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