Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit.
I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit.
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.