Habit Quotes ( 20 - 30 of 51 )
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.]
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.
I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits read more
I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must
yield to them.
[Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]
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.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.
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.]
