Quotes About Habit

On est amoureux, le jour où l'on met du dentifrice sur une autre brosse que la sienne

People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding.

Sow and act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap destiny.

What strange beasts people are , she thought. We adjust to everything so quickly. Perhaps we would even get used to Hell.

Me gustaría mucho que vinieras, ya que, aunque seas huraño, formas parte de mi paisaje cotidiano. Me he acostumbrado a encontrarte cada mañana en tu pupitre, dormido o haciendo garabatos sobre tu cuaderno negro. Si un día dejaras de venir, al universo le faltaría algo. [pp. 126]

Satan rejoices when old habits overwhelm [us] and we cave in to the pressure of the crowd . . .perhaps temptation lures [us] into sin . . .a backsliding Christian compromises their faith and causes unbelievers to mock the Gospel.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.

Celebrating small wins gives them something to repattern our life around.

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

I don't like socks or shoes. I really don't like socks but I wear them in my house because I can slide on my floor.

If you have any kind of habit that is more powerful then God within you, then it is your God.

most of what we call "brand loyalty" is simply habit, convenience, mild satisfaction or easy availability.

Always enter your shoes before wearing them.

The lessons taught me in this respect took such a hold upon me that at the present time, when I am at home, no matter how busy I am, I always make it a rule to read a chapter or a portion of a chapter in the morning, before beginning the work of the day.

Unwinding a habit that you have allowed to entangle you can be difficult. But the power is in you. Do not despair. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that 'all beings who have bodies have power over those who have not.' You can resist temptation!

rag doll that they often prop up in an empty chair during meetings. the doll is meant to represent the student they are trying to help - just as bezos once had a habit of keeping a chair empty in meetings to represent the customer

It was late when he got home, but as usual, every light in the house was still switched on. A lot of school time nowadays was spent on conservation and renewable energy, but his two boys hadn't learned yet how to depart a room without leaving on the lights. He

Like most things that were good or bad for you, you reach a stage where what started as a happy habit turns into something of an obsession.

They got back to the house late. Myron's father was feigning sleep in the recliner. Some habits die hard. Myron woke him up. He startled to consciousness. Pacino never overacted his much.

People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing

You walk a path enough, you'll wear a groove in it. The groove gets too deep, metaphorically speaking, it becomes difficult to walk anywhere else. Maybe that path is the one you're meant to travel, and that's why the groove is there in the first place.

That's all there is to it. It's like grabbing your mind by the scruff of the neck and forcing it to think of a specific thing at a specific moment. Force yourself to do it at first, and it will become habitual before you know it.