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Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger read more
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."