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Quotes About Habit

The gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.
~ Terry Pratchett
When we recognize that we have a habit of replaying old events and reacting to new events as if they were the old ones, we can begin to notice when that habit energy comes up. We can then gently remind ourselves that we have another choice. We can look at the moment as it is, a fresh moment, and leave the past for a time when we can look at it compassionately.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
In daily life, you are in the habit of running because you think happiness is impossible in the present. This is a habit that was handed down to you by your ancestors, by your parents. Happiness does not seem possible to you in the here and now, so you look for it in the distant future. The practice consists of stopping that habit of running.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
You only need to breathe mindfully and smile to your habit energy: "Oh, I got pulled away by that again." When you can recognize habit energies this way, they lose their hold on you, and you're free once again to live peacefully and happily in the present.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
now. If any habits ever had time to fix upon her, they would have operated here. Habits are peculiar things. They will drive the really non-religious mind out of bed to say prayers that are only a custom and not a devotion. The victim of habit, when he has
~ Theodore Dreiser
Sometimes we say, "I didn't want to do it, but it's stronger than me, it pushed me. So that is a seed, a habit energy, that may have come from many generations in the past.We can smile at our shortcomings, at our habit energy. With awareness, we have a choice; we can act another way. We can end the cycle of suffering right now.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The horse is our habit energy pulling us along, and we are powerless. We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war within ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
We all need a friend to help remind us from time to time. If no one else is there, the sound of the bell can be that friend, reminding us to recognize and smile at our old habit energies. In that way, we can become free of them.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The root of that craving is our habit energy.When we look deeply at it, we can begin to untie the knot.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Habit energy is there in all of us in the form of seeds transmitted from our ancestors, our grandparents, and our parents, as well as seeds created by the difficulties we ourselves have experienced. Often we're unaware of these energies operating in us. We may want to be in a committed relationship but our habit energies can color our perceptions, direct our behaviors, and make our lives difficult. With mindfulness, we can become aware of the habit energy that has been passed down to us.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating us.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
We're drawn to making our mark, leaving a record to show we were here, and a journal is a great place to do it. Once you start drawing, writing, and gluing stuff in every day, it can quickly become a habit - addictive, even. Your attitude should be: 'I can do this, but I mustn't make it too intimidating.'
~ Keri Smith
Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.
~ Aminatta Forna
I do miss talking in the press, I miss meeting journalists at shows and stuff but maybe that's more out of habit than anything?
~ Peter Molyneux
I try not to eat junk, and I like to work out.
~ Sammi Giancola
Your desired behavior must become just as much a habit as your undesired behavior was before.
~ Mike Hawkins
Going to church and stuff was just something I did with my mom.
~ Andy Mineo
I make 18 three-footers after every round. It's just something that helps me focus on routine, and helps me hear the ball go in the hole. It's something I do every day.
~ Gary Woodland
I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.
~ Serena Williams
I've always been a keen waker-upper. I very quickly get bored just lying in bed.
~ Alexander Armstrong
Both my parents were keen golfers and Dad was such a creature of habit that he didn't see much of me at Ayr United because he always played a round on Saturdays. He was an old-school parent of his time and I've no complaints.
~ Steve Nicol
I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key.
~ Warren Cuccurullo
In high school, I had a gold 1992 Ford Explorer. It was a gift. I used to have a terrible habit of locking the keys in the car when I used leave the car running to help it start on a cold morning. I think the local locksmith became used to me calling him.
~ Ashton Eaton
I used to lose my keys a lot.
~ Jayma Mays