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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.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
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.]
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Nothing is stronger than habit.
[Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step read more
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.