#habit

Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#life

These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life. ↗

— Aristotle

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

— Maxwell Maltz

#act #behavior #conscious #conscious decision #decision

Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped. ↗

— Charles Duhigg

#business

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. ↗

— Alice Meynell

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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts. ↗

— Henry Moore

#creation #creative #excitement #habit #lasts

I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#anybody #anywhere #difficult #does #fits

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#becomes #culture #everyday #fast #fast food

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#british empire #brought #controlled #earth #empire

There is no influence like the influence of habit. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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