Quotes about Habit

As a way to practice saying "no," consider small fasts. You could give up food, desserts, computer games, or other activities important to you. This is not a way to punish yourself for what you have done. It is simply a way to have more practice at self-control. Remember that self-control is a skill that develops with practice.

I don't drink water, haven't drank water in 40 years.

Familiarity breeds complacency.

If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure-guilt, you will not get better on your own! You need the help of other people. Some temptations are only overcome with the help of a partner who prays for you, encourages you, and holds you accountable.

Repetition is the mother of character and skill.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing, only focusing on God's Word instead of your problem. No other habit can do more to transform your life ... than daily reflection on Scripture.

Habit is necessary to give power.

Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.

It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning.

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.