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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
Habits form character and character is destiny.
Habits form character and character is destiny.
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Habit with him was all the test of truth;
"It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.