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