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The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
[Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
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.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never know they have them.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
