habits Quotes

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.