Quotes About Habit

It was a symbol of what Ruskin had done for Proust, and what all books might do for their readers, namely bring back to life, from the deadness caused by habit and inattention, valuable yet neglected aspects of experience.

But why would readers seek to be the readers of their own selves? Why does Proust privilege the connection between ourselves and works of art, as much in his novel as in his museum habits? One answer is because it is the only way in which art can properly affect rather than simply distract us from life

There are seven reasons people go to work: (1) Money; (2) Passionate self-expression; (3) Rewarding relationships; (4) Service to improve others' lives; (5) Egoic achievement, competitive victory, or status; (6) Fear, guilt, obligation, rote habit, or debt to tradition; and (7) Avoidance of boredom or escape from a more unpleasant situation. We might boil this list down to two basic motivations: fear-based lack and joy-based expression.

There's a Blarina merchant there named Ohn Gos who is afflicted with the sorry habit of listening sympathetically.

Forget motivation; just get used to doing things straight away.

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.

Fear is taught by grown up men and beasts to their young. Once we learn to be afraid, we rarely shake off the habit, and I believe our fear frightens other beasts causing them to attack us.

Era una costumbre que te pertenecía, un detalle curioso, una anécdota que te caracterizaba. Sí. Junto a tu nombre se alzaba a modo de una pequeña leyenda tu afición por el té. Ni el vino, ni la cerveza, ni siquiera el pisco. Pero el té no consiguió disminuirte o ridiculizarte, sencillamente se inscribió como un hábito si no respetable, posible, una costumbre que todos aceptaban y que no obstaculizaba.

For 78 years, four months and three weeks I've been meaning to overcome this fatal habit of postponing the boring by quickly doing something nice instead -- oh dear!

Home is more than a house. It is a sacred location, a place of aspiration and dreams, of learning and habit, of relationships and heart. Home is the geography of our souls.

Diana Delonzor

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy and wise if it don't make him wealthy.

Peu à peu, ils ont pris l'habitude d'être au fort, ils y sont restés emprisonnés, ils n'ont plus été capables d'en bouger. Vieux à trente ans, en fait.

No man really wants his freedom. He gets a habit as quickly as possible--it is a form of immortality

No man really wants his freedom. He gets a habit as quickly as possible - its a form of immortality.

Her youthful habit of consuming a picture just inches from its aromatic surface died a long time ago. Sebastian, when they were first dating, had once called it an affectation and she could never bring herself to do it again. His offhanded comment should have been a sign of future cruelties and standards of perfection, but instead she'd quickly agreed with his assessment and was grateful for his candor. She

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Every time I write, say, or think "lung cancer," I pick up a Pall Mall to calm myself.

Man had a habit of routinely taking up and firing a revolver at the roosterroaches who dwelt in His house, with westerly accuracy depending on how much He had had to drink. Other ministers before Brother Tichborne had determined that this shooting and westering of chosen roosterroaches was both a form of punishment and an expression of Man's love, and therefore the shooting, or the act of being shot, was called not a westering but a Rapture.

Habit simplifies our movements, makes them accurate, and diminishes fatigue.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

Custom is the great guide to human life.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.