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.

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.

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.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

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

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.

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.

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.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.