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A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine read more
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.