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First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
 We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, 
and we reap our habits; we read more 
 We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, 
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our 
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny. 
 Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
 [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]  
 Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
 [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.] 
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
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.
When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
 I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one 
do? According to men's habits read more 
 I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one 
do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must 
yield to them.
 [Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;
  Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.] 
 Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a 
character. Sow a character read more 
 Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a 
character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. 
 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!]