Habit Quotes - Page 2

I am not a creature of habit.

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.

Nothing is more graceful than habitual cheerfulness.

Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.

We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and rashness.

There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both. The human cultural jungle should be as varied and plural as the Amazonian rainforest. We are all richer for biodiversity. We may decide that a puma is worth more to us than a caterpillar, but surely we can agree that the habitat is all the better for being able to sustain each.

The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.

As you learn to consciously observe the transformation process, you will watch yourself repeating a lot of old patterns long after you seemingly know better. Spiritually and intellectually, you realize there is another way, but emotionally you are still clinging to the old habits. This is a difficult time. Try to be patient and compassionate with yourself. When you recognize the futility of an old pattern so clearly, it's about to change! A short time later, you will suddenly begin to respond differently, in a more positive way.

Unless we can psychologically accommodate change, we ourselves begin to die, inwardly. What I am saying is that objects, customs, habits, and ways of life must perish so that the authentic human being can live. And it is the authentic human being who matters most, the viable, elastic organism which can bounce back, absorb, and deal with the new.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

Fungi are the grand recyclers of the planet and the vanguard species in habitat restoration.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.

We become what we repeatedly do.

I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff.

Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

Have you ever fully realized that life is, after all, merely a series of habits, and that it lies entirely within one's own power to determine just what that series shall be?

We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.

I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.