

“It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.”
― Divergent
― Divergent

“When you learn to force yourself to practice for an hour or run fifteen laps, you start building self-regulatory strength.”
The solution, Starbucks discovered, was turning self-discipline into an organizational habit.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The solution, Starbucks discovered, was turning self-discipline into an organizational habit.”
― The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

“Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.”
― Souvenir
― Souvenir

“The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds, that moment a new standard of conduct is established, and your eager neighbors look to you for a continuous manifestation of the good cheer, the sympathy, the ready wit, the comradeship, or the inspiration, you once showed yourself capable of. Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.”
― Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
― Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

“For the future, the motto is, "No days unalert.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
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