Quotes about Habits

Habits gradually change the face of one's life as time changes one's physical face; & one does not know it.

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses what it has. There is no cure for the first but success and there is no cure at all for the second. The very worst of my vices and bad habits will abate of themselves if they are brought to an accounting every day.

In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is—I will form good habits and become their slave.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habits, to have new little hopes.

No man was to be eulogized for what he did; or censured for what he did or did not do," because "all of us are the children of conditions, of circumstances, of environment , of education, of acquired habits and of heredity molding men as they are and will forever be.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

Apart from sleeping, how do you spend most of your time? Like money, time is a window into your

Our task in ourselves and in others is to transform right answers into automatic responses to real-life situations.

We automatically remember what makes a real difference in our life. The secret of the great teacher is to speak words, to foster experiences, that impact the active flow of the hearer's life. That is what Jesus did by the way he taught. He tied his teachings to concrete events that make up the hearers' lives. He aimed his sayings at their hearts and habits as these were revealed in their daily lives.