Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.
For every habit we have, for every experience we go through over and over, for every pattern we repeat, there is a NEED WITHIN US for it.
Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.
Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits.
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
What is really amazing, and frustrating, is mankind's habit of refusing to see the obvious and inevitable until it is there, and then muttering about unforeseen catastrophes.
It has unfortunately now become a habit for so many generations, that it has almost passed into an instinct throughout the Jewish body, to rely upon the weapon of secrecy. Secret societies, a language kept as far as possible secret, the use of false names in order to hide secret movements, secret relations between various parts of the Jewish body: all these and other forms of secrecy have become the national method.
Healthy thinking is a habit, just like neurotic thinking is a habit.
Art has the lovely habit of ruining all artistic theories.
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.
Laws had a bad habit of being ignored or abrogated when societal push came to totalitarian shove.
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
When you are not sure on what to do, choose a life that is most meaningful to you and make it a habit.
Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit
Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.
You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing. ' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you.