#habits

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. In general, whatever you would become, practice that very thing.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.

Every habit and faculty is maintained and increased by the corresponding actions: the habit of walking by walking, the habit of running by running.

If you would not be of an angry temper, do not feed your habit; give it nothing which may increase the disorder.

For habit is first weakened and then entirely destroyed.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit; we become what we do repeatedly.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Character is the aggregate of all your daily choices.

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.

Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.

Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.

Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man gathers goodness little by little.

Do not overlook tiny good deeds, thinking they are of no consequence; even tiny drops of water fill a mighty vessel.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Our limitations are walls built by past habits of mind.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.

If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't be able to drink our tea either.

Even dust, when piled through patience, becomes a towering mountain.

Do not fear growing slowly; fear only standing still.

Habits formed in the green days of youth become as unyielding as iron in old age.

Control your temper in the early morning, and the entire day will flow like a peaceful river.

A single swallow does not make a spring, nor does one sunny day make a season of flowers.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an isolated act, but a steady habit.

Drop by drop, the great earthen jar is filled to overflowing.

Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.