Quotes about Routine

For, when Stubb dressed, instead of first putting his legs into his trowsers, he put his pipe into his mouth.

When cats scratch the furniture, it's only because they're trying to sharpen their claws, which means they get so long that they want to grind them down. So if you trim their claws routinely, it helps tremendously.

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.

Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.

He said he didn't very well understand how George was going to sleep any more than he did now, seeing that there were only twenty-four hours in each day.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ARISTOTLE Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the maxim goes.

Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit

Habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.

Define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.

obsessive adherence to routine and preoccupation with a few obscure areas of interest led many psychologists to conclude that Halliday had suffered from Asperger's syndrome, or from some other form of high-functioning autism.) Despite

Spontaneities offer one kind of pleasure and taste of sanctity, repetitions another equally pleasurable and holy.

I hate repetition. Even when I am home and have to buy milk, I go a different way each time to avoid having a habit of anything. Habits are really bad.