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• A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.

  Frank A. Clark

  Failure, Thinking, Habit

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• Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 15, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

  John Dryden

  Running, Rivers, Sea

  John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.44

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• Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Healthy Habits, Comfort

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• Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

  Saint Augustine

  Freedom, Recovery, Catholic

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 296, 1895.

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• Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

  Eric Hoffer

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Simple, consistent good habits lead to a life full of bountiful blessings.

  Richard G. Scott

  Blessing, Simple, Habit

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• Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Years, Liberty

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• I asked the Zebra,
  are you black with white stripes?
  Or white with black stripes?
  And the zebra asked me,
  Are you good with bad habits?
  Or are you bad with good habits?

  Shel Silverstein

  Zebras, White, Black

  Shel Silverstein, “Who Does She Think She Is....”

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• The problem is that your brain can't tell the difference between bad and good habits, and so if you have a bad one, it's always lurking there, waiting for the right cues and rewards.

  Charles Duhigg

  Old Habits, Differences, Waiting

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.20, Random House

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• For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit.

  Arthur Hays Sulzberger

  New Year, Time, Years

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• Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Mind, Habit, Dependable

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

  Melody Carlson

  Girl, Teenage, Habit

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• Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.

  Plato

  Soul, Kind, Virtue

  Plato (1849). “The Works of Plato: The Republic, Timaeus, and Critias”, p.130

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• I think if you stop bad habits, and you stop long enough, you develop good habits.

  Jordan Knight

  Thinking, Long, Enough

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• It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

  Charlie Munger

  Quiet, Habit, Trumpets

  "Berkshire Behind the Scenes: Part 3". Berkshire Hathaway Q&A session, www.fool.com. May 30, 2006.

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• A goal gets us motivated,while a good habit keeps us stay motivated.

  Aristotle

  Goal, Habit, Motivated

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• In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is - I will form good habits and become their slave.

  Og Mandino

  Inspiring, Lying, Keys

  Og Mandino (1991). “Og Mandino”, Outlet

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• Everytime you feed the flesh, you strenghten it. This is good if you are trying to build a good habit, but detrimental if you are trying to stop a bad habit. The way to "kill the flesh" is to starve it; to stop feeding it.

  Joyce Meyer

  Trying, Flesh, Way

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• Good habits were the easiest ones to break.

  Barbara Seranella

  Habit, Break

  Barbara Seranella (2013). “Unwanted Company: A Munch Mancini Mystery”, p.21, Diversion Books

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• Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with; bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with. The habits you have and the habits that have you will determine almost everything you achieve or fail to achieve.

  Brian Tracy

  Failing, Easy, Habit

  Brian Tracy (2004). “Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals”, p.20, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot save ourselves nor sanctify ourselves, God does that; but God will not give us good habits, He will not give us character, He will not make us walk aright. We have to do all that ourselves.

  Oswald Chambers

  Character, Giving, Doe

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.70, Discovery House

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• If I must be a slave to habit let me be a slave to good habits.

  Og Mandino

  Slave, Habit, Let Me

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Secret in the World”, p.11, Bantam

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• . . when the initial excitement of playing starts to evaporate, good habits are needed to sustain the learning process.

  Howard Snell

  Excitement, Habit, Process

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• A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.

  Dan Buettner

  Long, Healthy, Life Is

  "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest". Book by Dan Buettner, www.amazon.com. January 1, 2008.

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