Conditions Quote by Guy Finley

In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are

— Guy Finley

Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

— Theodor Herzl

Most of us become so rigidly fixed in the ruts carved out by genetic programming and social conditioning that we ignore the options of…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

My brain was all right back then; it didn't get stuck in ruts.

— Ned Vizzini

First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over the rut of living, making him all looks, silences,…

— Elizabeth Bowen

The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty, far-seeing regions;…

— Thomas Carlyle

Is it not manifest that our academic institutions should have a wider scope; that they should not be timid and keep the ruts of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if…

— Edith Wharton

When I feel like I'm in a rut, I remember it's the little things in life that are important, like riding a bike with…

— Michelle Kwan

What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at…

— Michael Ondaatje

Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be…

— Stephen Covey

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

— Nick Clegg