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.

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.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

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.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

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

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.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.