“Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond to life's events and challenges. Our character is our profile of habits and dispositions to act in certain ways.” WayCharacterCertainChallengesVirtueEventsHabitMarkVicesDispositionProfileBad HabitsGood Habits Author:Thomas Lickona
“The primitive Christians perpetually trod on mystic ground, and their minds were exercised by the habits of believing the most extraordinary events” MindBelieveChristianEventsHabitExtraordinaryPrimitiveMystic Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“The secret of adventure, then, is not to carefully seek it out but to travel in such a way that it finds you. To do this, you first need to overcome the protective habits of home and open yourself up to unpredictability. As you begin to practice this openness, you'll quickly discover adventure in the simple reality of a world that defies your expectations. More often than not, you'll discover that “adventure” is a decision after the fact-a way of deciphering an event or an experience that you can't quite explain.” WorldWayNeedsFirstsFactsHomeRealitySimpleDecisionSecretPracticeEventsAdventureHabitExpectationsOvercomingOpennessProtectiveUnpredictability Author:Rolf Potts
“Long accustomed to the use of European manufactures, [the Cherokee Indians] are as incapable of returning to their habits of skinsand furs as we are, and find their wants the less tolerable as they are occasioned by a war [the American Revolution] the event of which is scarcely interesting to them.” WantLongWarUseInterestingEventsRevolutionHabitIncapableAccustomedFurAmerican RevolutionTolerableCherokee Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Surely one of the peculiar habits of circumstances is the way they follow, in their eternal recurrence, a single course. If an event happens once in a life, it may be depended upon to repeat later its general design.” IfsWayMayHappensCoursesEventsDesignHabitCircumstancesEternalRepeatsPeculiarRecurrence Author:Ellen Glasgow
“The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does make a spring, nor does one fine day. Excellence is a habit, not an event.” MenDoeSoulEventsFineHabitExerciseSpringExcellenceLifetimeActiveFacultyFine Day Author:Aristotle
“We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.” SelfProcessEventsHabitExcellenceSeriesDefinitionsOngoing Author:Aristotle
“Changing eating habits in the North is an important link in the chain of events needed to create environmentally sustainable development that meets people's needs. The Beyond Beef campaign is an important step in that direction.” PeopleNeedsImportantStepsEventsDevelopmentNeededHabitEatingCampaignsChainsLinksBeefSustainable DevelopmentEating HabitsChain Of Events Author:Walden Bello
“I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.” InspirationalYearsMadeFunnyLife IsToo MuchPlansEventsHabitHolidayResolutionCriticizeNew YearNew Years EveHappy New YearBest YearNew Year's ResolutionsNew Years ResolutionNew Year New BeginningNew Year New StartHappy New Year EveNew Years Eve InspirationalHappy New Year InspirationalFunny Happy New YearNew Year WishesHappy New Year LoveNew Year New MeOld YearInspirational New YearNew Years Eve LoveMoldingFunny New YearsFunny New Years EveNew Years Wishes GreetingsFunny New Years ResolutionNew Year FriendshipIndian Happy New YearNew Years HolidaySpiritual New YearNew Year Life Author:Anais Nin