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Habit Quotes

Most Famous Habit Quotes of All Time!

Habit here traces back to childhood patterns that quietly shape a lifelong craft, alongside a well-known warning that small routines can harden into chains before anyone notices the weight building up.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

I am not in the habit of putting a ring on my own finger.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I think that at the end of the day correcting misinformation and questioning what we think we know as a habit of mind is incredibly important.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.

Quotes by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Behavior Quotes

France has a specificity - the market players who provide Internet access are the telecom operators, and all of the players are French. They had a habit of, let's say, getting along with each other, and the prices traditionally were...

Quotes by Xavier Niel

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

Quotes by William Winwood Reade

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

Never permit failure to become a habit.

Quotes by William Frederick Book

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

Quotes by Will Durant

Change Quotes

President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.

Quotes by Wilbur Mills

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Warren Buffett

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux.

Quotes by Wallis Simpson

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

Discipline Quotes

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Quotes by Vince Lombardi

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

Quotes by Victor Cherbuliez

I'm not very good at vacationing or relaxing or planning any of that for myself. So I'm in the habit of piggy-backing off of gigs and deciding to stay an extra day.

Quotes by Verite

Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.

Quotes by V. S. Pritchett

Emotion Quotes

For 16 years I spoke in trial metaphors, and perhaps I need to get out of that habit.

Quotes by Trey Gowdy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the focus of this Habit quotes collection?
It looks at habit from several angles, including creative habits formed in childhood, the difficulty of breaking ingrained patterns, and even lighter personal habits around relationships. The tone ranges from reflective to a bit wry.
Why do people search for quotes about habits?
Habits shape daily life so directly that people look for quotes about them when thinking about self-improvement, discipline, or simply understanding why certain patterns are hard to shake. A sharp quote can make the abstract idea of habit feel concrete.
The quote about chains of habit being too light to feel until too heavy to break is a strong one - why include it?
It's a classic way of describing how habits sneak up on us, starting small and becoming difficult to undo only after they've taken hold. That idea pairs naturally with the Discipline and Change pages for readers thinking about breaking patterns.
Is there a quote here connecting habit to creativity specifically?
Yes, one entry traces writing back to a habit picked up young, amusing oneself by reshaping small, curious details from real life into something new. It frames habit as a source of craft rather than just routine, adding a creative dimension to the collection.
How can habit quotes be used?
They're useful for captions about self-improvement, breaking old patterns, or reflecting on where a personal routine came from. For a behavior-focused angle, the Behavior page is a natural next stop, along with Emotion for the feelings tied to changing habits.

Another suggests that constant, unfiltered talk often reveals a habit of mind rather than real insight into others. See Change quotes for the flip side, or Discipline quotes.