Habit Quotes

It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.

What we call human nature, is actually human habit.

Smoking wildwood flower got to be a habit, we didn't see no harm. We thought it was kind of handy, to take a trip and never leave the farm.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?

Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.

I don't read the "letters" section of Time magazine. I think it's just my habit as a reader. I don't read comments on stories, in general.

Unless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none.

It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.

Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction.

I had a horrible life habit that I had to change. And I think it's very true, the later we make decisions in life that are important, the harder it is to manage those decisions.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

The mace prodded Will in the back again. That little habit was starting to annoy him and he was tempted to take the weapon from the sergeant major and do a little prodding of his own.

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'

Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.

You don't have to be in the habit of going to church to listen to such a literary minister; you don't have to be a believer to be moved by Mr. Buechner's faith.

Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.

Marriage is rather a silly habit.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.

What I'm not in the habit of doing, and I'm not going to do, is go around cap in hand pleading with players to play for their country.

Thirty-seven percent of gamblers dip into their savings to fulfill their habit

People don't like change when it comes to changing their own lifestyle habits.

Apologies aren't something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, and identity.

At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.

Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.

Habit creates the appearance of justice; progress has no greater enemy than habit.

Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king.

Justice is a habit (habitus), whereby a man renders to each one his due with constant and perpetual will.

When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable.

Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.

Books form in us habits of thought which shall live forever with us.

People should not expect the state to protect them from fraudsters. If we do, we get into the habit of neglecting our own powers of intellectual discernment.

Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use.

I'm a procrastinator. That's a pretty bad habit.

Newish friends, if they get ghastly, can be weighed and found wanting, but you'd never do a thing like that to old ones; their terrible habits are just part of the universe.

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

I used to wear sweats and a T-shirt to auditions, but my agent would yell at me and tell me I had to look nice and presentable. So I had to drop that habit.

I'm dead annoyed that I'm finding it so difficult to stop. But I am getting there [on kicking smoking habit]

Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits.

I can't stop biting my nails. It's a bad habit of mine. I like anything to do with math and numbers. I know a lot of people don't like geometry, but for me it's fun.

For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.

Marriage is the learning of someone else's habits.

We will be at our best when times are at their worst because of our habits, attitude and chemistry.

I've sort of gotten into the habit of looking for the vulnerable guy, the guy who makes mistakes, the guy who can't figure things out all the time but keeps at it.

Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones.

Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them-it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!

I think women should make a habit of canceling the wars.