Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
Habit Quotes (872 Quotes)
I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don't have regular anything.
One big knock on teens is that they're not as professional (as adults), but I think that's a generality that can be blown out of proportion. You can teach them the right way the first time. They don't have to unlearn any bad habits.
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry 'I used to be angry every day, then every other day next, every two, then every three days' and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.
There is no influence like the influence of habit.
Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state. . .
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
For me, habit is just a synonym for death.
Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've sold their papers and got big circulation's, they say, 'Look at what we've done for you.'
There is junk food for sale in just about every school in America. This is a time when we should be molding our kids' habits.
In many parishes, we are still trying to foster that sense of involvement, not only in the various ministries of the church but in the habit and practice of giving. People are more inclined to give when they know what it is going for.
It wasn't unexpected. Actually, I probably expected a few more. It will take time to break some habits.
My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.
Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something.
The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.
The generation that we see now in elementary school is more used to wearing a helmet. Unfortunately as kids get older, they get out of the habit of wearing the helmets, and parents sometimes aren't as strict as they really need to be. The level of use is
We're worn into grooves by Timeby our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second rate or champions, each in his way in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits, we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind, peace, happiness achievement.
by increasing the cost of a pack of cigarettes much more -- closer to 1.50 per pack over 24 months. ... We need to give teen smokers a jolt to get them to kick the habit -- a significant price hike in a very short period of time.
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality.
He's not going to stay on the pace he's at now. That's just not feasible, but I think his work habits are good enough that he won't go into that (slump) like a lot of hitters do.
The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity.
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
He has a billionaire's spending habit, but a millionaire's budget.
Be Silent yourself, that will induce Silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up individual discrimination . Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself.
For once, we came out of the locker room in the second half and played liked we wanted to win the basketball game. But at one point, we decided we had played well long enough and reverted back to some old habits.
A precisian professor had the habit of saying '... quartic polynomial ax4bx3cx2dxe, where e need not be the base of the natural logarithms.'
I study the science of sleep. We knew the number was high where people sleep on different beds for different schedules and horrible conflicting habits. ... A survey 10 years ago from the Better Sleep Council said almost 1 in 4 would sleep better if they were in different beds. Now 10 years later we see the stats.
Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing.
You certainly don't want to get in the habit of falling behind and expecting to catch up. We need to be able to control the game better than we did tonight.
Habit is everything, even in love.
Well, he's coming along. He's letting his play do his talking now. He's just matured as a young man and matured to the NBA game. His approach and his work habits are far, far ahead of where he was at the beginning of the year.
He is short, single and has a mullet. But why would such a guy need a makeover, you ask Hmmm ... That is a very tough question to answer. Maybe Mickey doesn't need a makeover, but some minor changes to his trendy and stylish habits.
You still want to play your position. But if you see an opening, you do have the green light to jump in and (try to score). You don't want to make a habit out of it every shift, though. You still want to play your position because you know your (defensive) partner is probably going to be thinking the same thing as you (and try to score).
Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.
It's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having one way of doing it, but I think it's a bad habit. I believe in range. Like, there's a lot of tunes that I play all the time-sometimes I hear 'em in a different register. And if you don't have complete freedom, or you won't let yourself get away from that one straight line, oh, my goodness, that's too horrible to even think about.
Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The workshop of character is everyday life. The uneventful and commonplace hour is where the battle is lost or won.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.
I indicated that the government wants dialogue with the commission to clear the air on a broad range of issues as it pertains to Zimbabwe. The commission is now in the habit of refusing audience with Zimbabwe, and this is contrary to the rules and principles of natural justice.
Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you kick the habit.
We cannot, in a moment, get rid of habits of a lifetime.
Fear is a habit so is self-pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves I can and I will
Before a person makes a decision or gets involved he should form the habit of asking himself a simple but important question How will this affect my life, and others Alfred A
Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
Coaches are creatures of habit. I knew a coach who got a deal going where his players had to run a mile in six minutes. I asked why. He said, 'gut check'.