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.

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.

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.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

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.

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.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

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.