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Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

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.

I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit.

When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit.

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

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

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

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

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.