Habit - the good and the bad
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters." ~Nathaniel Emmons
I was reading up on habits and found some really good quotes. Habit can be a negative word and a positive words at the same time, so I found quotes that speak to both definitions:
BAD HABITS:
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. ~Mark Twain
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~Samuel Johnson
Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. ~Eng's Principle
“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of." ~Proverb
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~Horace Mann
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. ~Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life
“First we form habits then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you." ~ Dr. Rob Gilbert
GOOD HABITS:
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts." ~Aristotle
"Good habits are worth being fanatical about. " ~John Irving
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." ~Shaquille ONeal
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." ~Jim Rohn
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit." ~Aristotle
“Character is long-standing habit." ~Plutarch
“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain." ~Marcus Tullius
I was reading up on habits and found some really good quotes. Habit can be a negative word and a positive words at the same time, so I found quotes that speak to both definitions:
BAD HABITS:
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. ~Mark Twain
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~Samuel Johnson
Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. ~Eng's Principle
“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of." ~Proverb
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~Horace Mann
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be. ~Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Sense of Life
“First we form habits then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you." ~ Dr. Rob Gilbert
GOOD HABITS:
"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts." ~Aristotle
"Good habits are worth being fanatical about. " ~John Irving
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." ~Shaquille ONeal
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." ~Jim Rohn
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit." ~Aristotle
“Character is long-standing habit." ~Plutarch
“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain." ~Marcus Tullius
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