John Dryden Quotes

Habits change into character.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

Success is hastened or delayed by one's habits.

I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.

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

There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

Your character is the harvest of your habits.

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.

One bad habit often spoils a dozen good ones.

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

Old habits are strong and jealous.

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Habit allows us to go from 'before' to 'after,' to make life easier and better. Habit is notorious - and rightly so - for its ability to direct our actions, even against our will; but by mindfully shaping our habits, we can harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Staying consistent with positive habits can be a challenge.

Bad habits are easy to develop but difficult to live with. Good habits are difficult to develop, but easy to live with. If you are willing to be uncomfortable for little while, so you can press past the initial pain of change, in the long run, your life will be much better.

Habits are more powerful than fears.

Virtually everything we do in life is a matter of habit. Habits make us who we are. Why not change your habits to better your life?

I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

One study says that 90 percent of our everyday behavior is based on our habits. . . That means how we treat people, how we spend our money, what we watch, what we listen to - 90 percent of the time, we're on autopilot. We do what we've always done.

As our acts vary, our habits will follow in their course.