Habits Quotes

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat.

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

A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

You've got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven.

The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

In order to change unwanted habits and actions, it is important to take the time to get to know yourself.

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends.

Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.

The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their ability to break old habits and feel really healthy for a change.

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.

I don't want to be overdramatic about it, but I'm starting to see a lot of my bad habits get the best of me.

The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

Bad shopping habits die hard.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. But if your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well. So get healthy friends.