The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should not be applied at all. But you must start somewhere.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
And because we are creatures of habit, we must practice. I urge you to practice acting in spite of fear, practice acting in spite of inconvenience, practice acting in spite of discomfort, and practice acting even when you’re not in the mood.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger (1828–1903) American Clergyman, Author
You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
—Ralph Washington Sockman (1889–1970) American Methodist Clergyman
Make good habits and they will make you.
—Parks Cousins
Break a bad habit—drop it
—Anonymous
A habit is only a habit until you can observe it. And then it’s a choice.
—Unknown
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Satirist, Short Story Writer
Trust is the highest form of human motivation.
—Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author
Habit with its iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
—Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) French Poet, Politician, Historian
I went into a McDonald’s yesterday and said, ‘I’d like some fries.’ The girl at the counter said, ‘Would you like some fries with that?’
—Jay Leno (b.1950) American Comedian, TV Personality
The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Habit is the deepest law of human nature.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character; Sow a character, reap adestiny.
—Anonymous
In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
It’s just as easy to form the habit of succeeding as it is to succumb to the habit of failure. Habits aren’t instincts; they’re acquired reactions. They don’t just happen; they are caused. Once you determine the original cause of a habit, it is within your power either to accept or reject it.
—Unknown
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one of these is sufficient. To keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do—learn, commit, and do—and learn, commit, and do again.
—Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees –
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.
—J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Art Collector, Philanthropist, Businessperson
Habituation puts to sleep the eye of our judgment.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedes all others, is—“I will form good habits and become their slaves.”
—Og Mandino (1923–96) American Self-Help Author
The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
Habit is a cable.—We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922) French Novelist
Long customs are not easily broken: He that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall we do for others, what we are seldom able to do for ourselves?
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
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