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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.
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.
Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.
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.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
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.
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.