What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
Were worn into grooves by Timeby our habits. In the end these grooves are going to show whether weve been second rate or champions each in his way in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us; and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind peace happiness achievement.
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.
The secret of the whole matter is that a habit is not the mere tendency to repeat a certain act nor is it established by the mere repetition of the act. Habit is a fixed tendency to react or respond in a certain way to a given stimulus; and the formation of habit always involves the two elements the stimulus and the response or reaction. The indolent lad goes to school not in response to any stimulus in the school itself but to the pressure of his fathers will; when that stimulus is absent the reaction as a matter of course does not occur.
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.
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
Habit with him was all the test of truth ?It must be right: I?ve done it from my youth.?
Each year one vicious habit rooted out in time ought to make the worst man good.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
HABIT n. A shackle for the free.
It seems in fact as though the second half of a man?s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
Were worn into grooves by Timeby our habits. In the end these grooves are going to show whether weve been second rate or champions each in his way in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us; and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind peace happiness achievement.
Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
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.
The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.
It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
The secret of the whole matter is that a habit is not the mere tendency to repeat a certain act nor is it established by the mere repetition of the act. Habit is a fixed tendency to react or respond in a certain way to a given stimulus; and the formation of habit always involves the two elements the stimulus and the response or reaction. The indolent lad goes to school not in response to any stimulus in the school itself but to the pressure of his fathers will; when that stimulus is absent the reaction as a matter of course does not occur.
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.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people?s habits.
Dont think youre on the right road just because it?s a well-beaten path.