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Formation Quotes

Reflections on how habits, character, and movements come together.

These formation quotes explore how character, habits, and even advocacy movements take shape over time, often through years of sustained effort. For more on shaping who we become, see our Character collection.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Quotes by William Inge

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

Quotes by William Bennett

You almost have to be of a certain age to understand how hard it was to disseminate the truth before the Internet. After the formation of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in 1975, we did it, and we did...

Quotes by Wayne LaPierre

The main and the biggest issue is the formation of Telangana state, for which the people of this region have been fighting for the last 50 years. We want Telangana for the sake of justice. We want to get our...

Quotes by Vijayashanti

Character Quotes

The most challenging and exciting aspect is the outline and formation of the plot points. This is the stage where the notion of the story begins to take shape, and I can see glimpses of what is to come.

Quotes by Tony DiTerlizzi

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

Quotes by Thornton Wilder

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

Quotes by Thomas Huxley

It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in formation bombing and not believing in daytime bombing.

Quotes by Stuart Symington

On a tactical level the defensive midfielder in a 4-3-3 formation is just about the most demanding position there is.

Quotes by Sergio Busquets

Education Quotes

It is obvious, moreover, that the formation of price in capitalist society must differ from the formation of price in social conditions based upon the simple production of commodities.

Quotes by Rudolf Hilferding

Catalysts are the conductors who choreograph the chemical dance that results in the formation of new structures.

Quotes by Robert H. Grubbs

The formation of glass from the melting is like starting a clock. It resets the time for us to determine billions of years later.

Quotes by Robert Duncan

Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a 'stalker's eye,' but which, par excellence, is the soldier's eye.

Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

In conventional oil and natural gas production, you always produce a lot of formation water, and it's crummy water. It's real salty. It's got heavy metals in it. It's got bad stuff in it.

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

Know Quotes

Every opposition needs to be played in a different way and the formation depends on the opposition's strengths.

Quotes by Ralph Hasenhuttl

Non-figurative art is created by establishing a dynamic rhythm of determinate mutual relations which excludes the formation of any particular form.

Quotes by Piet Mondrian

The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new business opportunities and greater efficiencies and coordination.

Quotes by Peter Chernin

Chaga is one of the weirdest mushrooms you may ever see. A fungal parasite found on birch trees, Chaga is a hardened, blackened, crusty formation that looks like a bursting tumor.

Quotes by Paul Stamets

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal

More Quotes

Balance is the secret for every team. There cannot be a defensive formation and an attacking formation: such a concept is a limitation.

Quotes by Maurizio Sarri

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'formation' mean across these quotes?
It covers the shaping of personal character and habits, as well as the founding of organizations and movements built over long periods of time.
Is there a quote about how habits form?
Yes, one describes consciousness as tied to how new habits take shape, noting that once a habit takes hold, conscious attention can actually get in the way.
Do any quotes discuss regional or statehood movements?
One references a decades-long push for statehood in a particular region, framing it as a long-fought demand for fairness and recognition.
Is there a quote about advocacy or organizational founding?
Yes, one mentions the founding of a legislative advocacy group in the 1970s as part of a broader effort to spread certain ideas.
What other pages pair well with formation quotes?
Try Character quotes for more on personal growth, or Education quotes for themes of shaping young people.

From advocacy groups to statehood movements, several quotes here treat formation as a long, deliberate process rather than a sudden event. Pair this page with Education quotes for more on shaping the next generation.