quotations about habit
Habit is, of all the plants of human growth, the one that has the least need of nutritious soil in order to live, and is the first to appear on the most seemingly barren rock.
MARCEL PROUST
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The Guermantes Way
It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.
JOHN STEINBECK
East of Eden
Most men are prisoners at best,
Who some strong habit every drag about
Like chain and ball.
HENRY ABBEY
"The Galley Slave"
Habit, like a fog, tends to palliate things and beings. Little by little it obscures the features of a face and rubs down deformities; if you live with a humpback day in and day out, after a time he loses his hump.
OCTAVE MIRBEAU
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Habit can overcome anything but instinct, and can greatly modify even that.
HORACE MANN
Thoughts
Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT
Table Talk
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
VINCE LOMBARDI