Quotes About Habit

If you are bound by a habit or an addiction that is unworthy, you must stop conduct that is harmful. Angels will coach you, and priesthood leaders will guide you through those difficult times."13

He sailed through the world guided only by the dim lights of impulse and habit, confident that his course would throw up no obstacles so large that they could not be plowed over with sheer force of momentum.

DeFrees, a dealer in nineteenth-century watercolors who for all her stiff clothes and strong perfumes was a hugger and a cuddler, with the old-ladyish habit of liking

The greater are our affections, the deeper are our afflictions; and the more we love, the more we have to weep. And what is the best receipt for cheerfulness in such a world as this? How shall we get through this valley of tears with least pain? I know no better receipt than the habit of taking everything to God in prayer.

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing with God's judgment – hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. He who most entirely agrees with God is the one who is the most holy.

When stress becomes a habit mentally, emotionally, and physically, a default setting on our inner dial, then it becomes "normal" and we no longer notice its presence. But the stress is still there, and it affects how we perceive, feel, and react to events in our lives. And stress is the major cause of anxiety.

As The Register of Santa Ana, California, would report, Prowse had a habit of "giving away plot secrets." "He doesn't mean to," Hamill says. "He just has this real child-like quality to please." "David talks his head off," Kershner says.

This gambling habit is the curse of a thief's life.

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

Almost by force of habit, successful people simply do more. As a result, they experience not only greater financial rewards for their extra efforts but also a personal transformation, becoming more self-confident, more self-reliant, and more influential with those around them.

it takes repetitive exposure over time to a new idea before that idea becomes a natural part of your way of thinking and being.

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. Charles Bower

A powerful exercise for building your appreciation muscle is to take 7 minutes every morning to write down all the things you appreciate in your life. I recommend this as a daily ritual for the rest of your life; however, if you think that is excessive, at least do it for 30 to 40 days. It will create a huge change in how you see the world.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. —ROBERT COLLIER

Our belief in a limited and impoverished identity is such a strong habit that without it we are afraid we wouldn't know how to be.

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you're off it.

Les vieilles habitudes sont comme une rigole creusée par l'eau, et qui, ensuite, en dirige le cours; et l'on répète les mêmes erreurs.

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine

It was not reason but rather custom that was, Hume claimed, 'the guide of life' (T 652).

doctrine or a subject matter, but rather as a habit of mind, a style of thinking, and of writing, such as could in principle be applied to any subject whatsoever.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

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If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.

The Busy Road" I am so used to it by now that when the traffic falls silent, I think a storm is coming.