“Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will." Let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for God's sake. By and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.” IfsMenFeelsSoulEndsForceAttentionGraceDutyOughtHabitOfficeSakeEarnestPersevereGod's GraceKindliness Author:Frederick William Robertson
“[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.” WayFeelsPayAttentionHabitComfortDrugPay AttentionSmokingOccupationDistractionCasual Author:Margaret Cho
“You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.” IfsWorldNeedsWritingReadingPayAttentionPiecesHabitNewsWidePay AttentionCakeReading Habits Author:Terry Pratchett
“But you go to a great school, not for knowledge so much as for arts and habits; for the habit of attention, for the art of expression, for the art of assuming at a moment's notice a new intellectual posture, for the art of entering quickly into another person's thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure and refutation, for the art of indicating assent or dissent in graduated terms, for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy, for the habit of working out what is possible in a given time, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage and mental soberness.” PersonsArtMomentsSchoolGivenTermAttentionMinutesExpressionHabitTasteIntellectualAssumingWork OutDiscriminationEnteringDissentAccuracyPostureCensureRefutationGreat Schools Author:William Johnson Cory
“Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.” PeopleTryingChildrenFormAttentionAmountHabitEatingMarketingChainsClientsNurtureFast FoodYoungstersFood ChainEating HabitsEating Fast Food Author:Eric Schlosser
“The way to develop the habit of savoring is to pause when something is beautiful and good and catches our attention - the sound of rain, the look of the night sky - the glow in a child's eyes, or when we witness some kindness. Pause... then totally immerse in the experience of savoring it.” WayLooksChildrenEyeBeautifulNightSoundAttentionKindnessSkyHabitRainWitnessPausesNight SkySavoringSound Of Rain Author:Tara Brach
“Women of fashion and character--I do not mean absolutely unblemished--are a necessary ingredient in the composition of good company; the attention which they require, and which is always paid them by well-bred men, keeps up politeness, and gives a habit of good-breeding; whereas men, when they live together without the lenitive of women in company, are apt to grow careless, negligent, and rough among one another.” MenGivingWellsMeanCharacterTogetherGrowsAttentionCompanyFashionHabitMen And WomenPaidRoughIngredientsCompositionCarelessPolitenessBreedingGood CompanyGood Breeding Author:Lord Chesterfield
“It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she had the address of appearing only to attend, but was continually doubling her chains upon her companions; which were so slender in themselves, and so silently fastened, that while the attention was engaged by other objects, they were not easily perceived. Each link grew tighter as it had been longer worn; and when by continual additions they became so heavy as to be felt, they were very frequently too strong to be broken.” FirstsSufferingStrongFeltAttentionObjectsBrokenGrewHabitHeavyChainsEngagedAddressesCompanionLinksPeculiarWornAppearingArtificeSlender Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius
“Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance or clothing, etc.), approval (praise immediately, specifically and repeatedly), and attention (be a good listener).” PeopleAttentionFiveAcceptanceHabitPraiseAppreciationAppearanceEtcAdmirationComplimentClothingsApprovalListenersSaying Thank YouGood Listener Author:Brian Tracy