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Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
Habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook read more
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
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.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
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!]
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
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.