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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our read more
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will read more
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life.
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the read more
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much read more
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.