One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Habits form character and character is destiny.

Habits form character and character is destiny.

Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]