Quotes About Habit

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.

Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

Because he was English and that's what the English do under stress: they drink tea.

He only drinks when he gets depressed, ' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

…he quit drinking coffee, and naturally, his brain stopped working.

Just do it! First you make your habits, then your habits make you!

What we speak becomes the house we live in.

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.

Courage, like fear, is a habit. The more you do it, the more you do it, and this habit-of stepping up, of taking action-more than anything else, will move you in a different direction.

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit.

Smoking means always having to say you're sorry.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.

You become what you do most of the time.

The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.