#habit

There is a great reform required in the education and habits of females. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

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An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

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Selfishness is a bad habit. That’s why I always rationally think through my decisions to act without regard for others. ↗

— Bauvard

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No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. ↗

— Stephen Covey

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Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. ↗

— Frank Crane

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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. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. ↗

— John Dewey

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Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

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