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Habit Quotes - Page 16

My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing.

My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing.

Sylvia Plath (2011). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.430, Faber & Faber

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.44, Mango Media Inc.

At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.379, Mango Media Inc.

Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.109, Mango Media Inc.

Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.

Samuel Beckett, Georges Duthuit (1965). “Proust”, Riverrun Press

What is amazing is how stuck people are in their own habits. It is really hard to get people out of their habits. But once they shift, it also is amazing how rapid the progress can be.

"Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

"Rupert Sheldrake: the 'heretic' at odds with scientific dogma". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2012.

I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities contract not only an effeminacy of habit, but of thinking.

Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “An inquiry into the present state of polite learning. The Bee. History of Cyrillo Padovano. Life of Dr. Parnell. Life of Lord Bolingbroke. Prefaces and introductions”, p.136

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.

O. Henry (2015). “Heart of the West”, p.131, Sheba Blake Publishing

Habit-forming products alleviate users' pain by relieving a pronounced itch.

Nir Eyal (2014). “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products”, p.28, Penguin Canada

Choice is always performed against a background of habit.

Nicholas Wolterstorff (1983). “Until Justice and Peace Embrace: The Kuyper Lectures for 1981 Delivered at the Free University of Amsterdam”, p.34, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you

Mark Twain, Milton Meltzer (2002). “Mark Twain Himself: A Pictorial Biography”, p.266, University of Missouri Press