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• Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.

  George Crabbe

  Truth, Curiosity, Done

  'The Borough' (1810) Letter 3 'The Vicar' l. 138

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• Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Motivational, Strength, Giving Up

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1974). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, Vintage

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• Yes, God loves you this very day and always. He is not waiting to love you until you have overcome your weaknesses and bad habits. He loves you today with a full understanding of your struggles. He is aware that you reach up to Him in heartfelt and hopeful prayer. He knows of the times you have held onto the fading light and believed-even in the midst of growing darkness. He knows of your sufferings. He knows of your remorse for the times you have fallen short or failed. And still He loves you.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Prayer, Struggle, Love You

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• What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand if I could forget that which I have learned in bad society.

  John Bartholomew Gough

  Hands, Giving, Speech

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 217), 1895.

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• In times past...it was my habit to talk glibly of the right of man to land. It was a bad habit, and I long ago sloughed it off. Man's only right to land is his might over it. If his neighbor is mightier than he and takes the land from him, then the land is his neighbor's, until the latter is dispossessed by one mightier still.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Past, Men, Long Ago

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• Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, Thinking, Putting Things Off

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• People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Disappointment, People, Meditation

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Aug 05, 2011

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• You must throw away your bad habits to get good.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Habit

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• As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life. I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol.

  Barack Obama

  Weed, Kids, Thinking

  "Obama: Marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol", www.foxnews.com. January 19, 2014.

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• It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

  Melody Carlson

  Girl, Teenage, Habit

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• Bad habits are easy to develop but difficult to live with. Good habits are difficult to develop, but easy to live with. If you are willing to be uncomfortable for little while, so you can press past the initial pain of change, in the long run, your life will be much better.

  Joel Osteen

  Running, Pain, Past

  Joel Osteen (2007). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!

  Zig Ziglar

  Funny Things, People, Problem

  Zig Ziglar (1977). “See You at the Top”

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• Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Mind, Habit, Dependable

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• Bad habits fill needs, so find good alternatives for them.

  Martha Beck

  Needs, Alternatives, Habit

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• Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

  Elizabeth George

  Worry, Trust In God, Habit

  Elizabeth George (2009). “Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!: God's Plan for Lasting Peace of Mind”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers

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• Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.

  Og Mandino

  Keys, Doors, Habit

  Og Mandino (2007). “The Greatest Secret In The World”, p.15, Jaico Publishing House

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• Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.

  Emily Post

  Perseverance, Children, Effort

  Emily Post (2007). “Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”, p.571, Cosimo, Inc.

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• One bad habit often spoils a dozen good ones.

  Napoleon Hill

  Dozen, Habit, Spoil

  Napoleon Hill, E. Harold Keown (1989). “Succeed and grow rich through persuasion”, Signet

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• The best way to stop a bad habit is never to begin it.

  James Cash Penney

  Way, Habit, Best Way

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• Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond to life's events and challenges. Our character is our profile of habits and dispositions to act in certain ways.

  Thomas Lickona

  Character, Challenges, Vices

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• Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.

  Richard Carlson

  Motivational, Effective Listening, Waiting

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with; bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with. The habits you have and the habits that have you will determine almost everything you achieve or fail to achieve.

  Brian Tracy

  Failing, Easy, Habit

  Brian Tracy (2004). “Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals”, p.20, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• A bad habit is only a habit until you can observe it, then it's a choice you make

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Choices, Choices You Make, Habit

  Twitter post from May 22, 2012

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• I think if you stop bad habits, and you stop long enough, you develop good habits.

  Jordan Knight

  Thinking, Long, Enough

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• The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.

  Charles Duhigg

  Golden, Habit, Golden Rule

  "The Power of Habit". Book by Charles Duhigg, February, 2012.

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