#habit

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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Usually the things that kill us are the things we do every single day. ↗

— J. M. McDermott

#dogsland #habit #never-knew-another #death

Our religion is the sum total of our habits ↗

— Chauncey Riddle

#habits #religion #religion

Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reasons do not matter as much as the story itself. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#habits #reasons #stories #the-night-circus #truth

Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#practice #love

Alcohol is like love," he said. "The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#habitude #love #routine #love

Let go of your old tired habits and plant new habits in fertile soil. ↗

— Harley King

#inspirational #planting #inspirational

I shouldn't think I'll have the slightest problem playing a man," she said. "I shall merely remember to rearrange my breeches in front at least once an hour, thereby drawing attention to the padding I carefully placed there in the morning, and I'll blend in perfectly. ↗

— Eloisa James

#mens-habits #men

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. ↗

— Edward Bernays

#democratic #democratic society #element #habits #important

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#expect #glasses #habitually #look #wear