SOME FAMOUS THOUGHTS ON
HABITS
A habit is defined as : a routine behavior
repeated regularly, performed almost automatically, and learned through frequent
practice.
A habit is also known as tendency propensity,
predisposition, proclivity, penchant, leaning, bent, inclination, custom,
practice, quirk, disposition, temper, temperament, nature, character, make-up,
constitution, frame of mind.
Good habits are desirable. They save
time and cultivate perfection. They are called healthy habits because they
prevent unnecessary trouble. For example, walking, reading holy books, visiting
sacred places, fasting now and then, drinking water frequently, avoiding bad
company, rising early, sleeping early, etc. are good habits.
Smoking, drinking, gambling, telling
lies, laziness, calling bad names, losing temper, gluttony, nail-biting, impulsiveness,
neglecting health, etc. are bad habits.
Here are a few famous thoughts on
habits:
1.
Good
habits are the best magistrates. 2. Habit is the deepest law of human nature.
3. The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too
strong to be broken. 4. Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are
to the blood. 5. Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. 6. Habit is
ten times nature. 7. All of us are more or less slaves to habits. 7. Habit, if
wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature. 8. If you sow an
act, you reap a habit; if you sow a habit, you reap a character; and if you sow
a character, you reap a destiny. 9. Habits work more constantly and with
greater force than reason. 10. Long
customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own
life very often labours in vain
Finally: This very famous quote: “First we make our habits,
then our habits make us.”---American major general and engineer Charles C. Noble
(1916-2003).
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PUNCHLINE: Habits are good servants, but bad
masters.
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G.R.Kanwal
26 July 2026
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