Quotes About Routine

I think it is time that I put the kettle on

I sometimes find myself thinking: wouldn't it be far less complicated to have a job like that? To sell things? To order cheese and salamis and all the rest and not worry about what we should do and how we should do it?

Tea, thought Mma Ramotswe—no matter what was happening, no matter how difficult things became, there was always the tea break—that still moment, that unchangeable ritual, that survived everything, made normal the abnormal, renewed one's ability to cope with whatever the world laid before one. Tea.

Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

Habit to us is given from above: it is a substitute for happiness.

Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness.

O hábito é a dádiva mais alta, Quando a felicidade nos falta.

We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.

Los beneficios Como hemos aprendido, el beneficio más importante de este pequeño plan es que nos da dirección y empuje. Sin importar cuán cansado, soñoliento o distraído estés al momento de orar, con este método sabrás cuáles cinco salmos debes considerar en cualquier día.

La solución bíblica, simple y permanente Entonces, ¿cuál es la solución simple a la rutina aburrida de decir siempre las mismas cosas acerca de lo mismo de siempre? Aquí está: Cuando ores, ora a través de un pasaje de las Escrituras, de manera particular a través de un salmo.

Puedes continuar orando de ese modo hasta que pase algo como esto: (1) se te acabe el tiempo o (2) se te acabe el salmo. Si se te acaba el salmo antes de que se te acabe el tiempo, entonces solo pasa la página y ve a otro salmo. Al hacerlo, no te faltará nada que decir y, lo mejor de todo es que nunca más dirás las mismas cosas de siempre sobre lo mismo de siempre.

I maintain that people—truly born-again, genuinely Christian people—often do not pray simply because they do not feel like it. And the reason they don't feel like praying is that when they do pray, they tend to say the same old things about the same old things.

Naturally, we shopped, we had lunch, we did homework and we cleaned closets together. But beyond those mundane amusements—and

The best way to do this is to rise half an hour, or a full hour, earlier than you customarily rise. Just as soon as you can—and without talking, without reading the morning's paper, without picking up the book you laid aside the night before—begin to write. Write anything that comes into your head:

showered, hating the sound of the rushing water; shaved, hating the buzz of the razor. He dressed quickly, not caring what he put on. He had no plan, only to get out of this room, to get away from the unremembered shape of his dreams.

Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is to find some meaning in all that happens – these things, too, are the works of peace.

Practice makes perfect," is misleading. When practicing, many people do the behavior by rote—without thinking about what they're doing. But this kind of practice does not make perfect. Quite the opposite. Instead of leading to perfection, rote practice tends to make permanent the current less-than-desirable level of ability.

The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

The simple things done consistently will produce the greatest results in your life.

The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.

Saturday Night was also founded on the notion that repetition and habit stifle true creativity, true originality.

A cup of tea would restore my normality.

This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

When someone tells you they've just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they're locked into jobs they hate; that they're broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they're fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It's profoundly depressing.