"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."

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"Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."

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Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

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"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

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Thomas Paine, English Writer

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Eric Taylor, American Musician

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Victor Hugo, French Author

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"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

Christopher Morley, American Author

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"A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit."

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"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."

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"I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit."

"I had never done any theater in high school, which actually worked to my benefit. I didn't develop any bad habits."

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"It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'."

"Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue."

"For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame."

"Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage."

"Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power."

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