Quotes about Habit
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
— Mark Twain
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
As our acts vary, our habits will follow in their course.
— Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act by a habit.
— Aristotle
Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.
— Joyce Meyer
Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom. He
— Margaret Atwood
For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
— Elisabeth Elliot
The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.
— Jim Rohn
We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
— Samuel Beckett
More than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking.
— Mark Twain
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
— CS Lewis
Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.
— Frank Lloyd Wright