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Quotes About Habit

Chandler Foss is flossing his teeth
~ David Foster Wallace
This is what happens: you imagine the things I will say and then say them for me and then become angry with them. Without my mouth; it never opens. You speak to yourself, inventing sides. This itself is the habit of children: lazy, lonely, self. I
~ David Foster Wallace
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock or livery That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence; the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
~ William Shakespeare
Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.
~ William Shakespeare
Be as thou wast wont to be. See as thou wast wont to see.
~ William Shakespeare
Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan the outward habit by the inward man.
~ William Shakespeare
Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
~ William Wordsworth
Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.
~ Wilt Chamberlain
The worst result of an habitual use of strong language is that when a special occasion really does arise, there is no way of marking it.
~ Winston S. Churchill
So how do you suddenly lose the habit of yourself? of day follows night? of the snows of yesteryear? of rosy apples? of the yearning for love, which is never enough? from "Moment of Silence
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
I have since, at my wife's insistence, given up nail biting, replacing that disgusting habit with the more socially acceptable coprolalia.
~ Woody Allen
La cuerda floja crea un hábito que ni el matrimonio arregla.
~ Xavier Velasco
Nunca nadie me ha sobornado tanto como la rutina. Todo los días ensayas la misma obra, un día te la aprendes y ahí poco a poquito vas torciéndola a tu gusto. O te la van torciendo a su antojo, que es lo que pasa cuando te la crees.
~ Xavier Velasco
You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?
~ Yann Martel
Change becomes a habit and habits are hard to change .
~ Yann Martel
Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans.
~ Yann Martel
In the wild, animals stick to the same paths for the same pressing reasons, season after season.
~ Yann Martel
The only difference between a rut and the grave is the depth.
~ Unknown
You've got this fancy machine, and it's controlled by a pilot who's thinking, 'Okay, how can I run this baby without using any fuel?' You and I know how good running feels because we've made a habit of it." But lose the habit, and the loudest voice in your ear is your ancient survival instinct urging you to relax.
~ Christopher McDougall
He seemed to be a pure racing animal, which explained two of his other peculiar habits: at the start of every race, he'd let out a bloodcurdling shriek, and after he won, he'd roll in the
~ Christopher McDougall
Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.
~ Christy Turlington
Make working a HABIT,and in the streams of success there shall thou INHABIT. Chuzy 24 vs 7
~ Unknown
The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.
~ Cicero
Tienes la costumbre de querer saber por qué -el por qué no me interesa, la causa es la materia del pasado.
~ Clarice Lispector