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.

The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad read more

The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Sow an action, reap a habit.

Sow an action, reap a habit.

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam read more

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken
than mended.
[Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum
induerunt.]

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.]

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.]

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

Habits are the shorthand of behavior.

Habits are the shorthand of behavior.

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.