The chains of habit are generally too week to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are generally too week to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken.HabitQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Month: November 2008
The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years. Samuel Johnson
The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.HabitQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught. Kin Hubbard
Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.HabitQuotations by Kin Hubbard
Habit is a form of exercise Elbert Hubbard
Habit is a form of exerciseHabitQuotations by Elbert Hubbard
The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits. James Harris
The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits.HabitQuotations by James Harris
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you. Dr. Rob Gilbert
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you.HabitQuotations by Dr. Rob Gilbert
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. Benjamin Franklin
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.HabitQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. Benjamin Franklin
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.HabitQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. Errol Flynn
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.HabitQuotations by Errol Flynn
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself. Evenus
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.HabitQuotations by Evenus
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. Desiderius Erasmus
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.HabitQuotations by Desiderius Erasmus
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. Eng’s Principle
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.HabitQuotations by Eng’s Principle
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. John Dryden
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.HabitQuotations by John Dryden
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.HabitQuotations by John Dryden
Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: I’ve done it from my youth. George Crabbe
Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.HabitQuotations by George Crabbe
Make good habits and they will make you. Parks Cousins
Make good habits and they will make you.HabitQuotations by Parks Cousins
To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring. E. M. Cioran
To exist is a habit I do not despair of acquiring.HabitQuotations by E. M. Cioran
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. Marcus T. Cicero
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.HabitQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. Agatha Christie
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.HabitQuotations by Agatha Christie
Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves. Horace Bushnell
Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves.HabitQuotations by Horace Bushnell
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.HabitQuotations by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Never permit failure to become a habit. William Frederick Book
Never permit failure to become a habit.HabitQuotations by William Frederick Book
Habit is a shackle for the free. Ambrose Bierce
Habit is a shackle for the free.HabitQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Habit is a great deadener. Samuel Beckett
Habit is a great deadener.HabitQuotations by Samuel Beckett
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. St. Augustine
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.HabitQuotations by St. Augustine
Habit is ten times nature. Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
Habit is ten times nature.HabitQuotations by Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. Aristotle
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.HabitQuotations by Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.HabitQuotations by Aristotle
We are inclined to believe those whom we don not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson
We are inclined to believe those whom we don not know because they have never deceived us.GullibilityQuotations by Samuel Johnson
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true. Demosthenes
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.GullibilityQuotations by Demosthenes
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood. Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.GuiltQuotations by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer. William Shakespeare
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.GuiltQuotations by William Shakespeare
Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality. John Ruskin
Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality.GuiltQuotations by John Ruskin
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. Nicholas Rowe
Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.GuiltQuotations by Nicholas Rowe
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.GuiltQuotations by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. Ovid
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.GuiltQuotations by Ovid
If you commit a crime, you’re guilty. Rush Limbaugh
If you commit a crime, you’re guilty.GuiltQuotations by Rush Limbaugh
People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example. Source Unknown
People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example.GuidanceQuotations by Source Unknown
It never occurs to some politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting. Source Unknown
It never occurs to some politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting.GuidanceQuotations by Source Unknown
Men give advice; God gives guidance. Leonard Ravenhill
Men give advice; God gives guidance.GuidanceQuotations by Leonard Ravenhill