Quotes about Habit

Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.

What tendency do you observe in your life?

Lord Henry had not yet come in. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Lord Henry had not come in yet. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

To break the worry habit before it breaks you—here is Rule 3: "Let's examine the record." Let's ask ourselves: "What are the chances, according to the law of averages, that this event I am worrying about will ever occur?

Bodily habits are the primary form in which human evil exists in practical life.

The intention points the way, and then habituated thought and desire must be redirected to support the intention in the moments of action.

Frank Laubach wrote of how, in his personal experiment of moment-by-moment submission to the will of God, the fine texture of his work and life experience was transformed. In January of 1930 he began to cultivate the habit of turning his mind to Christ for one second out of every minute.

Now just think of what the quality of life and character must be in a person who would routinely interrupt sacred rituals to pursue reconciliation with a fellow human being. What kind of thought life, what feeling tones and moods, what habits of body and mind, what kinds of deliberations and choices would you find in such a person? When you answer these questions, you will have a vision of the true "rightness beyond" that is at home in God's kingdom of power and love.

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

Because always,' he thinks, 'when anything gets to be a habit, it also manages to get a right good distance away from truth and fact.