The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from domination of outside conditions - Robert Louis Stevenson
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken - Samuel Johnson
Reformers intent on changing humanity's habits have made the same mistake over and over again, forgetting that new habits of mind cannot be put on like a clean shirt - Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity, p344
Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions, experience will develop your judgement to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all, it is better to be right 51 percent of the time and get something done, than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision - H. W. Andrews
Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart - Confucius
Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallises into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance. James Allen
It is an excess of conformity that leads so many people to sustain jobs or lifestyles that cause them tension. It is an excess of conformity that prevents people from challenging the status quo when they know it is wrong. It is an excess of conformity that holds people back from expressing their true feelings, taking a lead and achieving their true potential - Neil Crofts
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject a time - Charles Dickens
Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think -- Martin Seligman