#habit

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit. ↗

— Ovid

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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way. ↗

— William James

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There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ↗

— William James

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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. ↗

— William James

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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. ↗

— William James

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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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