Habitual Quotes
179 Habitual quotes by 131 unique authors
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The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its…
— George Washington
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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the…
— William James
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new habit, we must…
— William James
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The Indwelling of Christ by faithis to have Jesus Christ continually in one’s eye, a habitual sight of Him. I call it so because a…
— Thomas Goodwin
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The nation was not founded by habitual groupthinkers. But it stands a fair chance of being destroyed by them.
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions.
— Thomas Troward
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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there…
— John Ruskin
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Only in sex the noise sometimes stops. I say "sometimes". If you have become habitual in sex also, as husbands and wives become, then it…
— Rajneesh
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When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate.…
— Dalai Lama
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Rather than exist each day in some dull, boring habitual manner, move into action on a big idea. Everyone is on the brink of possibility.…
— Bob Proctor
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Where I come from, gettin' visual is habitual.
— Unknown Author
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy's habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident,…
— Ellen Lupton
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As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely…
— Oscar Wilde
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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste.
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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The last two - distractions and fears - are the dangerous ones. They're the habitual demons that invade the launch of any project. No one…
— Twyla Tharp
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can. . . . The more of the details…
— William James
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Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of…
— Henepola Gunaratana
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Change your habitual questions and change your destiny!
— Tony Robbins
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Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that is things that they had…
— P D Ouspensky
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Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than…
— John Welwood
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Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly…
— William Hazlitt
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The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in…
— Gene Tunney
Who Wrote These Habitual Quotes
131 authors contributed a total of 179 Habitual Quotes, led by these top contributors: