“The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.” MomentsHateInfluenceHabitHonorDeedsExcuseHatedMeritPresent MomentSentimentsReverenceAncestorTreacherous Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.” PeopleBreakHabitVictimExcuseWillingnessBad Habits Author:Carlos Santana
“Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy. Sometimes--not often, but sometimes--the cranks and radicals turn out to be right. Sometimes Everyone is wrong.” SometimesTurnsHabitComfortableTraditionExcuseRadicalUnjustUnworthyCrank Book:Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy Source: Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy