Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step read more

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

Habit had made the custom.
[Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits read more

I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]

Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]

Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]