Quintilian Quotes

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

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

I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.

There are things we do out of habit that are not always good for us. Break the bad habits and develop some good ones.

The major thing that holds you back when you're trying to change a bad habit like eating, smoking, or drinking too much is your belief you are out of control.

I made a resolution in 2010 to stop drinking Diet Coke, and I haven't had Diet Coke since then. I think it was the best life change I've ever made, because I drank quite a lot of it.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.

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

If I quit all the things I loved cold turkey, I knew it would only be so long before I went back to my old ways.

Everybody has some kind of addiction. It's about how you get around that addiction. First, you have to break the habit like anything. You have to define the hurdle or the objective.

It is extremely hard to break bad habits and takes a long time to start new, healthy ones.

A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.

If you'd like to watch less television, try putting the remote away in a very inconvenient place and making yourself put it away every time you use it. If it's a big pain to turn on the TV and to change channels, you might find yourself drifting to other activities that will be more satisfying in the long run.

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

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.

The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them fully developed in someone else.

If you're going to stop masturbating, you can't taper off. You've got to quit, cold jerky!