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Quotes about Routine

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.
— Vance Havner
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.
— Norman Vincent Peale
I will form good habits and become their slave.
— Og Mandino
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
— Og Mandino
Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.
— Og Mandino
A beard well lathered is half shaven.
— Oprah Winfrey
William had to be at his office at eight, so his mother got up at seven o' clock to prepare him. He was usually late, or on the verge of lateness. But nothing could hurry him.
— DH Lawrence
He toasted his bacon on a fork and caught the drops of fat on his bread; then he put the rasher on his thick slice of bread, and cut off chunks with a clasp-knife, poured his tea into his saucer, and was happy.
— DH Lawrence
Mr. Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work.
— DH Lawrence
But I refused to mope about for the evening. My little ritual with teacup, familiar chair, and a favorite Dickens story went a long way toward improving my outlook.
— Janette Oke
I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
— Dick Cheney