Quotes About Habit

Quitting eating was one thing. Coffee was a whole different thing entirely.

You eat here a lot?" "Practically every meal, but the word would be often. Not a lot. Lot refers to quantity, and I prefer small portions.

Reacher] moved the mouse and sent the arrow up toward the icons. He knew they were files. Or file folders. You had to click on them, and in response they would open. He was never sure whether you had to click once or twice. He had seen it done both ways. His usual habit was to click twice. If in doubt, etcetera. Maybe it helped, and it never seemed to hurt. Like shooting someone in the head. A double tap could do no harm.

How long have you been over here?" Reacher asked. Because he wanted them back on track. Because answering questions eventually became a habit. Start with the easy ones, and work up to the hard ones. A basic interrogation technique. Again the two guys shared a glance, seeking each other's permission. On the one hand, and on the other hand.

His usual habit was to click twice. If in doubt, et cetera. Maybe it helped, and it never seemed to hurt. Like shooting someone in the head. A double tap could do no harm.

Yes, yes sir—routine is worry's sly assassin.

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.

It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort, she had said, so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?

No hay quien crea lo que es imposible. -A mi juicio es que te falta el hábito -dijo la Reina-. Cuando yo tenía tu edad, lo practicaba siempre media hora diaria. A veces, llegué incluso a creer en seis cosas imposibles antes del desayuno.

Another time. I'm late for the show. You're always late. Well, at least I'm consistent.

Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest, and to the aristocracy by habit and taste; they may be looked upon as the connecting link of the two great classes of society.

The reality is that in much of industrialized societies, we are completely addicted to comfort. We are a society of addicts.

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.

The one who has developed a habit of taking a lot of respect from others [relish pride], will get cheated.

I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

It's a game of habit, or repetition. You can't play one way in practice and another way in a game. It's a reflex. The game is so quick you don't have time to think.

You will see an immediate increase in every aspect of business acquisition (meetings, follow-up, suggestions, and so forth), and every aspect of your life once you form the habit of naturally offering options. Why

Já não mais firmo uma opinião, um hábito ou um julgamento sobre outra pessoa. Testei o homem. É inconsistente.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.