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    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.

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Old habits are strong and jealous.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

by Dorothea Brande Found in: Habit Quotes,
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A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

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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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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Habit Quotes,
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When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

by James Baldwin Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

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

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The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

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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.]

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