Habitual Quotes

179 Habitual quotes by 131 unique authors

Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. — Eustace Budgell
Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock… — George Eliot
Mental activity in the daytime creates a latent form of habitual thought which again transforms itself at night into various delusory visions sensed by the… — Milarepa
I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere… — Brother Lawrence
It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar, from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or… — Henry David Thoreau
Samsara-our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of… — Dalai Lama
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us,… — Donald Wuerl
I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause… — Joel Barlow
You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have… — Sally Field
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural. — Sallust
We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for… — Sharon Salzberg
Try living one day without any unhealthy thoughts. It may be very difficult, but try another day, until it becomes habitual, and life will move… — Bernard Baruch
A Mistake is when something is done once, and learned upon... If repeated consistently, it's a Habit; a Failure is nothing more than a habitual… — Superman
Kindness should not be deliberate it must be natural and habitual. — Tasneem Hameed
Whatever you believe to be true about yourself and life in the long-term becomes your reality. Your beliefs are ingrained patterns of thinking that you… — Melchor Lim
Some are habitual of thinking in a complicated way. Thus, as per their thinking, life becomes complicated. They should rather adopt the simpler ways of… — Melchor Lim
Be weary of the Bible thumpers and habitual scripture quoters, because going through the motions and parroting His words, doesn't mean they know His words. — Eugene Nathaniel Butler
I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does… — James Tenney
For anyone who seeks to find fulfillment in their personal life and professional career--you need to have clarity about your core values. Aligning yourself with… — Linda Chandler
I believe radio is a habitual kind of medium. That people wake up in the morning, they go to work and they want to hear… — Howard Stern
Fuck sadness, had this been you having this lavish. Habitual happiness at me you wouldnt look backwards. You would have sex on condominium roof decks.… — Unknown Author
The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love,… — George Saunders

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