Quotes About Routine

If you were to lock me away in a white room in a straitjacket it would actually feel comforting as long as the walls were spotless and nobody wore shoes. - Allyson

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.

It was Sunday, and Mumma had gone next door with Lena and the little ones. Under the pepper tree in the yard Pa was sorting, counting, the empty bottles he would sell back: the bottles going clink clink as Pa stuck them in the sack. The fowls were fluffing in the dust and sun: that crook-neck white pullet Mumma said she would hit on the head if only she had the courage to; but she hadn't.

An abundance of leisure uninformed by a philosophy of life, substantial intellectual resources, or religious belief of some kind may give rise to escapism, meaningless routines, or rushing around. It seems that human beings are not programmed to enjoy unlimited amounts of leisure without unease and difficulty.

Why Brownlee left, and where he went, Is a mystery even now. For if a man should have been content It was him; two acres of barley, One of potatoes, four bullocks, A milker, a slated farmhouse. He was last seen going out to plough On a March morning, bright and early. By noon Brownlee was famous; They had found all abandoned, with The last rig unbroken, his pair of black Horses, like man and wife, Shifting their weight from foot to Foot, and gazing into the future.

Last days? Don't they know? These are the traits of all days, every day, everywhere.

In a routine that served me for the next few weeks, I wandered around the busy, seemingly safe part of the city.

Jaime had been born in Ciudad Acuña in 1953. His father, a civilian worker at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, started his shift early, and at noon crossed to Acuña for lunch and a siesta, then crossed back to the base until it was time to clock out.

the banality of the rational world and its street signs and lampposts asserted itself.

When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

The only trap I must beware not to fall into, is to think that each day is the same as the next. In fact, each morning brings with it a hidden miracle, and we must pay attention to this miracle.

When each day is the same as the nest it's because people fail to reconize the good things that happen in thier lives everyday the sunrises

And to those who believe that adventures are i say try routine: it kills you far more quickly.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

He was sure that it made no difference to her on which day he appeared: for her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

Of course, and the reason is very simple: routines give them the false sensation of being safe. Thus, today will be exactly like yesterday, and tomorrow will bring no surprises. When night falls, part of the soul complains that nothing different was experienced, but another part is content - paradoxically, it is for the same reason.

For her, everyday was the same, and when each day is the same as next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day the sun rises.

If you think ADVENTURE is Dangerous, Try Routine. It is LETHAL. Be Brave. Take Risks. Nothing can substitute Experience. You have to Take Risks. We will only understand the Miracle of life fully when we allow the UnExpected to happen.

We are afraid to change because we think that, after so much effort and sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not be the best of all worlds, and even though we may not be entirely satisfied with it, at least it won't give us any nasty surprises. We won't go wrong. When necessary, we will make a few minor adjustments so that everything continues the same.

I am tired of days that are all the same.

But fist, I want you to understand one thing: apart from certain pathological cases, people only go insane when they try to escspe from routine.

The problem is that they don't even realize that they're walking a new road every day. They don't see that the fields are new and the seasons change. All they think about is food and water