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    Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

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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.]

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Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and 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.

by Charles Reade Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

Pursuits become habits.
[Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

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A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

A civil habit
Oft covers a good man.

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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.]

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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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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.

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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.

by Isaac Williams Found in: Habit Quotes,
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