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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our read more
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much read more
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.