Quotes About Habit

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.

If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.

You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.

From the start, I held the pick in an unusual way. I used to bend my thumb way back in order to get a good angle for fast playing. I played that way for 10 years.

It's not unusual for my room to be stacked with newspapers gathered during a trip.

Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't overeat.

Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.

Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

I try to work every day, even when I'm not motivated. Ritual is very important to me.

I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out.

Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of living for the day only, and for the day's work.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.

Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger.

Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.

Waking up in the morning, you didn't have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn't even have to think, you did it. That's miraculous.

To me, working out is literally like eating a meal or drinking water or breathing.

I know that when I get stressed, I want to eat junk food. So now I just know - 'I'm stressed, I want to eat junk food, so I'm going to go work out instead, or eat something healthy.' It really works.

Figure out what's good for you, then create a liking for it. You've got to work at living.