Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves

Quote by Horace Bushnell

Topics: Habit Quotes, Soul Quotes

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit

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

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

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

Good habits result from resisting temptation

Good habits result from resisting temptation

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

First we make our habits, then our habits make us.

Habit is stronger than reason

Habit is stronger than reason

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in...

A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in...

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and...

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root and...