Quotes about Habit

Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.

The best way to stop smoking is to carry wet matches.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

Your daily habit is one of the most important predictors of the quality of your life.

If you want to succeed, make it a study first then practice it and finally live it daily.

The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.

I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough for supporting churches, if there were no higher.

Over the years I have found that many of the richest people in the world began their lives with the habit of tithing.

It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region.

The Wetheralls always went to church. They belonged to the vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.

You would think that anyone would jump at the chance to escape shame. But that isn't the way it happens. Though shamed people are happy to guide others out of their dark prisons, they are always sure to get back to their own prisons by nightfall. That's home. That's what they are used to.

As a way to practice saying "no," consider small fasts. You could give up food, desserts, computer games, or other activities important to you. This is not a way to punish yourself for what you have done. It is simply a way to have more practice at self-control. Remember that self-control is a skill that develops with practice.