Quotes About Habits

Paul never imagined, as he observed the habits of life of the two ladies, that they covered a gulf of ruin. Then, though there may exist some general rules to soften the asperities of marriage, there are none by which they can be accurately foreseen and evaded.

Los filósofos han observado que las costumbres de la edad temprana retornan con fuerza en la vejez del hombre. Séchard confirmaba esta ley moral: cuanto más envejecía, más le gustaba beber.

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves

Safe driving depends on good habits and instincts, since you don't have time to think in emergencies. That's why life is so dangerous on the left side of the road: the habits you've nurtured for as long as you've been driving are suddenly wrong. A simple right turn could be murder.

Man is a child of the customs and the things he has become used to. He is not the product of his natural disposition and temperament. The conditions to which he has become accustomed, until they have become for him a quality of character and matters of habit and custom, have replaced his natural disposition.

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.

Happiness is found to the extent that we develop habits and skills that give us the capacity to reach out to others.

I could have constructed a timetable of their comings and goings, their daily habits and activities.... The chain of little habits that were their lives unreeled themselves. They were all bound in them tighter than the tightest straitjacket any jailer ever devised, though they all thought themselves free.... The first link, of the so-strong chain of habits, of custom, that binds us all, had snapped wide open.

Most of the people you see going to work today are LARPing (live-action role playing) an incredibly boring RPG (role-playing game) called "professionalism" that requires them to alter their vocabulary, posture, eating habits, facial expressions--every detail all the way down to what they allow themselves to find funny.

Wisdom is all about the simple, often tiny, obvious things, done consistently, one at a time.

Good habits are difficult to start because the pain comes now and the payoff is in the future. Bad habits are difficult to stop because the payoff comes now and the pain is in the future.

To train is to commit to developing strategic habits that equip you to do the right thing in the moment.

Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.

I feel that between my experience and my mother's, breast cancer is a little bit like someone who lives next door. I know what that person looks like and what their daily habits are.

He will be no trouble in the house," declared Mr. Grace with his usual optimism. "How do you know?" inquired Liz. "I mean if you scarcely know the man, you can't possibly know his habits.

By providing our young children with opportunities for free, child-directed play, along with proper nutrition, we are setting them up for a lifetime of healthy habits, versus interventions needed later in life.

Indulged habits of dependence create habits of indolence, and indolence opens the portal to petty errors, to many degrading habits, and to vice and crime with their attendant train of miseries.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are usually pleasurable, at least for the time being, and often do not disclose themselves as vices, by their effects, until after they have been practised for many years; perhaps for a lifetime.

Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things.

We all have regrets,' Leo said, taking a sip of brandy, letting the velvet fire slide down his throat. 'It's why I cling to my bad habits. One doesn't have to start regretting something unless one stops doing it.

It would take some time, Helen thought, for Quincy to become familiar with his new employer's habits, preferences, and quirks. Fortunately Quincy had spent decades in the practice of managing volatile temperaments. Winterborne certainly couldn't be any worse than the Ravenels.

One simple exercise you can do is spend an hour alone at your desk and write out all of your habits. Use one side of the paper for what you consider to be good habits, and the other side for what you consider to be bad habits.