Habit Quotes - Page 14

• Unhappily the habit of being offensive 'without meaning it' leads usually to a way of making amends which the injured person cannot but regard as a being amiable without meaning it.

  George Eliot

  Way, Offensive, Making Amends

  George Eliot (1839). “Theophrastus Such, Jubal and other poems and The Spanish gypsy”, p.57

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• Now I come to you full of future. And from habit we begin to live our past.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Future, Past, Our Past

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• He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Teaching, Church, Doe

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• It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Men, Effort, Saint

  Jerome K. Jerome (2017). “Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green”, p.115, The Floating Press

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• Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make a steady effort, I think we can overcome any form of negative conditioning and make positive changes in our lives. But we need to remember that genuine change doesn't happen overnight.

  Dalai Lama

  Thinking, Effort, Needs

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• When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act, they grow into a habit.

  John Tillotson

  Action, Easy, Pleasure

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• When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Maturity, Clarity, Stability

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.43, Rodale

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• . . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

  Howard Snell

  Excitement, Process, Needed

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• Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything.

  Oswald Chambers

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.491, Discovery House

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• Habits are the shorthand of behavior.

  Julie Henderson

  Life, Behavior, Shorthand

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• No, evidently habit means a lot. The devil knows what habit can do to a person.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Mean, Devil, Persons

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• Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.

  Alfred de Musset

  Real, Ideas, Liberty

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• The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group.

  Edward Sapir

  Real, Groups, World

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.161, Walter de Gruyter

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• Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

  Khalil Gibran

  Men, Reason, Urges

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• I go on living, more from force of habit than anything else.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Life, Goes On, Force

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• To change one's life:
  a. Start immediately
  b. B. Do it flamboyantly
  c. No exceptions
  Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted.

  William James

  Dream, Suffering, Exception

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• Vices are often habits rather than passions.

  Antoine Rivarol

  Passion, Vices

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• Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

  John Lubbock

  Passion, Everyday, Battle

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• Our lives change when our habits change.

  Matthew Kelly

  Life Changing, Our Lives

  Matthew Kelly (2003). “Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star”, p.130, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

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• The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the smell of fresh baked bread. Beauty is everywhere.

  Matthew Fox

  Song, Jobs, Laughter

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• Marriage is rather a silly habit.

  John Osborne

  Marriage, Silly

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• Dialogue is a space where we may see the assumptions which lay beneath the surface of our thoughts, assumptions which drive us, assumptions around which we build organizations, create economies, form nations and religions. These assumptions become habitual, mental habits that drive us, confuse us and prevent our responding intelligently to the challenges we face every day.

  David Bohm

  Organization, Space, Empathy

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• I just find that each year I try something new. You can't fight the march of time. To balance that out, each year you should develop one more good habit. It levels the playing field.

  Cindy Crawford

  Fighting, Balance, Trying

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