Quotes About Habits

My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens.

My regimen is I wake up, usually around 8:30, brush my teeth, and splash water on my face.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

I'll tell you one thing you can't do: you can't put your shoes on, then your socks on.

Someone will write a resolution that says, 'I want to exercise more,' or 'I want to lose 15 pounds' - which is great, that's a great goal to have - but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it's much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.

There are houses where they don't any longer have dining tables. They will sit in front of the telly and eat.

I don't want food all over the place, down the sides of the sofa... When I shared a flat before I got married, we would always eat around the telly, but not now!

I don't do this watching telly thing. I realise I am strange.

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.

For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.

I travel 330 days a year and eat every two and a half hours - I'm a big guy. I always carry a fork, little bottles of spices, and Sriracha. I eat what I feel like eating.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time." — Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield

We can leave our children no inheritance more valuable than the legacy of God's Word. It gives us clearer thoughts, steadier nerves, healthier emotions, purer habits, and better environments.

Memorizing Scripture gives us: 1. Clearer thoughts. 2. Steadier nerves. 3. Healthier emotions. 4. Purer habits. 5. Happier homes. 6. Greater respect. 7. Eternal optimism. Isn't that worth at least five minutes a day?

Small alterations in behavior can sometimes jumpstart a positive step to a healthier attitude more than disputing our dysfunctional thoughts ever can.

What is one small step I could take to improve my health (or relationships, or career, or any other area)?

asking small questions to dispel fear and inspire creativity thinking small thoughts to develop new skills and habits—without moving a muscle taking small actions that guarantee success solving small problems, even when you're faced with an overwhelming crisis bestowing small rewards to yourself or others to produce the best results recognizing the small but crucial moments that everyone else ignores

These strategies include: asking small questions to dispel fear and inspire creativity thinking small thoughts to develop new skills and habits—without moving a muscle taking small actions that guarantee success solving small problems, even when you're faced with an overwhelming crisis bestowing small rewards to yourself or others to produce the best results recognizing the small but crucial moments that everyone else ignores

No. Genius has far less to do with your genetics and much more to do with your habits. Stepping into the person you've always imagined you could be is a trained result—available to anyone willing to open themselves up, do the work and run the practices that make magic real.

the thoughts you think and the actions you take in the first ten minutes after you wake up have a very marked effect on the rest of your day.

Ritual of Solitude works best when you practice it at the same time every day.

success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could have ever planned for.

Siembras un pensamiento, cosechas una acción. Cosechas una acción, siembras un hábito. Siembras un hábito, cosechas un carácter. Siembras un carácter, cosechas un destino.»

your daily behavior is always a function of your deepest beliefs