Bad Habits Quotes - Page 4

• People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if they wish to be free they can.

  Peace Pilgrim

  People, Wish, Free Will

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• 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.

  Og Mandino

  Inspiring, Lying, Keys

  Og Mandino (1991). “Og Mandino”, Outlet

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• The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.

  Denis Waitley

  Truth Is, Habit, Break

  Denis Waitley (1988). “Being the best”, Pocket

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• It's a very bad habit, but one I find hard to break.

  Douglas Preston

  Habit, Break, Hard

  "Relic". Book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 1995.

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• There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been the role of parents and friends, outside of some minor tweaking, to reinforce the belief that we're okay just as we are. But it's not enough to just be yourself. You have to be your best self. And that's a tall order if you haven't found your best self yet.

  Neil Strauss

  Fashion, Being Yourself, Order

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• I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'

  J. Cole

  Men, Cities, Doe

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• I don't drink much and I smoke very little. I guess my only bad habit is robbing banks. Now you see, fellas, I ain't such a bad guy at heart.

  John Dillinger

  Heart, Guy, Littles

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• My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

  Claire Danes

  Opera, Want, Soap

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• Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn't been any radio that did that. And so they weren't trained - they had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.

  Al Franken

  Needs, Radio, Stuff

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

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• I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but I had a bad habit of dropping things.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Brain, Habit, Dropping

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• I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Daughter, Mother

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

  Eric Liu

  Gestures, Habit, Unwind

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• Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

  Joyce Meyer

  Long, Sometimes, Habit

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• I have the same friends and the same bad habits.

  Nate Silver

  Habit

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• It was magic, I felt the bond between us.
  She was a jelly to my peanuts, Mars to Venus,
  The Earth to my sun, moon and stars,
  We added up mathematically...
  It's like I had a bad habit, B!

  Ghostface Killah

  Stars, Rap, Moon

  Song: The Center of Attraction

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• I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Travel, Italian, Venice

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• Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start... I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and collecting luggage and going away again, but the white raspberries are ripe. I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits. Love or what you will. S.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Love, Writing, Italian

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• Lookin' back is a bad habit.

  Charles Portis

  Habit

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• But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking.

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Kissing, Talking, Mouths

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• Got to keep losing horses," he said drowsily. "Bad habit.

  John Flanagan

  Horse, Losing, Habit

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• Nice,' I say, realizing only afterward that I've mimicked her, a bad habit of mine; I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators to survive.

  Melissa Bank

  Nice, Animal, Predator

  Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.38, Penguin

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• At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.

  Jonathan Tropper

  Thinking, Smoking, Habit

  Jonathan Tropper (2009). “This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel”, p.242, Penguin

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• People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't talked to anyone in years, and every single article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this- that ain't my title...my bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and talents are my title.

  Layne Staley

  Hurt, Dope, Years

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• People have a bad habit of blaming the victims. Damn Jews! If hadn't been for them the Nazis wouldn't have exterminated 'em all!

  Ward Churchill

  People, Ems, Blame

  "Pacifism and Pathology in the American Left". Ward Churchill's Speech in Oakland, California, November 16, 2001.

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• Use feedback analysis to identify your strengths. Then go to work on improving your strengths. Identify and eliminate bad habits that hinder the full development of your strengths. Figure out what you should do and do it. Finally, decide what you should not do.

  Peter Drucker

  Analysis, Use, Development

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