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Inspirational Quote on Habit

A Select Collection of Inspirational Quotes on Habit

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Most of us have attempted to kick a bad habit. If you are like many others, you were probably not able to do so. Why are habits so deep-seated? Are you battling with a bad habit? Here are some inspirational quotes on habits. These might just do the trick.

William James
Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature.

Spanish Proverb
Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables.

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

Orison Swett Marden
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

Jim Ryun
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Ovid
Nothing is stronger than habit.

Mark Twain
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

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

Charles Reader
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;/ Sow an act, and you reap a habit;/ Sow a habit, and you reap a character;/ Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

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