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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a
character. Sow a character read more
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a
character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook read more
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
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.
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]