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    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.]

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Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your read more

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

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In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

by Isaac Williams Found in: Habit Quotes,
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How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
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How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

by Joseph Kaines Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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.

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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

by Robert Puller Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.

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Habits are the shorthand of behavior.

Habits are the shorthand of behavior.

by Julie Henderson Found in: Habit Quotes,
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