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“Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.”

Source: Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance by Samuel Smiles

“The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.”

Way House Energy Habit Direct Slips Guests Unwelcome New Habits House Guests

Author:Robin Sharma

“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual fellow-men.”

Ifs Men Feelings Individual Compassion Habit Morality Eating Capable Direct Fellows Independence Doctrine Fellow Man Eating Out Fellow Feeling

Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)