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    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.

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Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

by Holbrook Jackson Found in: Habits Quotes,
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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.

by Evenus Found in: Habits Quotes,
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Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

by Aristotle Found in: Habits Quotes,
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My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Habits Quotes,
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Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

by Henri De Lubac Found in: Habits Quotes,
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It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the read more

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

by Feodor Dostoyevsky Found in: Habits Quotes,
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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

by Aristotel Found in: Habits Quotes,
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