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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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To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Habit Quotes,
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Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habbits.

by Lillian Hellman Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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.

by W. Somerset Maugham Found in: Habit Quotes,
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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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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

by Saint Augustine 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 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.

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Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

by Quintus Curtius Rufus Found in: Habit Quotes,
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