Quotes About Habit

Not very long ago, the whole world smoked, no room was truly furnished unless it contained an ashtray, and all of waking life was measured out in cigarettes.

I can't avoid writing. It's a sort of nervous tic I have developed since I gave up needlepoint.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Neuroscientists have a saying: "As the neuron fires, the brain rewires." It means that when you perform a behavior repeatedly, over time, your brain actually changes itself structurally to support that habit. "Plasticity," as it's called, will occur in support of any habit—good or bad.

It turns out that the more you repeat the same action, no matter how reprehensible, the more you can make an excuse for it in your own mind.

Repeat the same action over and over again, and eventually it will feel right. Eventually, there isn't even any guilt.

was starting to see why you carried those stupid facts like other kids dragged around security blankets—if I repeated them over and over, it almost made me feel better.

So maybe there is a place in your life you wear out like a rut, or even better, like the soft spot on the couch. And no matter what else happens to you, you come back to that.

We move through our days with the comfort of familiarity, waking at the same time each morning and almost always the same way...

make a healthy salad dressing every Wednesday and Saturday and eat that dressing for three days.

I too could go, oh, yes, at a moment's notice I could go and be as though I had not been, except that the long habit of living indisposeth me for dying

But the habit patterns, inevitably, had survived. To the air, with a wry grin, he murmured, "How long, O Lord? How long?" In his private estimation: not long now.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That is the Law of Consistency.

Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation and then guess what. After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing

If you lack self-discipline, you may be in the habit of having dessert before eating your vegetables.

Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO DAILY WHAT UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

Every day I read, write, think, ask questions, and file what I learn. These are the five disciplines I practice to keep improving.

many people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. They

Achievement comes from the habit of good thinking.