Quotes about Habit
The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do
— Stephen Covey
The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do," he observed. "They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose." That
— Stephen Covey
Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
— Stephen Covey
Habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.
— Stephen Covey
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the maxim goes. Habits are powerful factors
— Stephen Covey
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the
— Stephen Covey
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
— William James
If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind, as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends.
— Joseph Addison
Individualism is the growth-stunting, maturity-inhibiting habit of understanding growth as an isolated self-project. Individualism is self-ism with a swagger. The individualist is the person who is convinced that he or she can serve God without dealing with God.
— Eugene Peterson
Not everyone is bound for a life of substance abuse and addiction—but the moment you think you're untouchable is the moment you're most likely headed for trouble. If you're going to be obsessed with something, make God your choice. That's a habit worth keeping.
— Max Lucado
Many of us react as though everything is a crisis because we have lived with so many crises for so long that crisis reaction has become a habit.
— Melody Beattie
The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
— Steven Pressfield