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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger read more

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

by Ralph W. Sockman Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

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

by Joseph Kaines Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

by Saint Augustine Found in: Habit Quotes,
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In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong,
Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

by Isaac Williams Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

by Lillian Hellman Found in: Habit Quotes,
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A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine read more

A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]

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How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]

How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]

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Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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.

by Aristotle Found in: Excellence Quotes, Habit Quotes,
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