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Habit Quotes


"Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state."


"It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits."


"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."


"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."


"If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated."


"When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively."


"I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off."


"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."


"You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor."


"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."


"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."


"The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones."


"Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too."


"I'm not a politician and my other habits are good."


"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."


"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."


"Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results."


"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."


"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."


"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."


"It's not what we do once-it's what we do once a day, day in and day out, every day that brings lasting change into our lives."


"There is no influence like the influence of habit."


"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."


"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."


"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."


"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."


"Laws are never as effective as habits."


"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"
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