“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in their tastes and habits and pride, but their moral natures (whatever we may mean by that canting expression) are never welded. The base one goes on being base, and the noble one noble, to the end.” PeopleMayMeanPersonsTwoEndsGrowsMoralSecurityExpressionPrideGoes OnHabitTasteNobleLove Each Other Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather
“In one family, every little plan or question is discussed amid bickering and irritation. In another, without the least effort, every discussion goes on amid perfect peace. This is just as easy, and infinitely more agreeable: only, in many homes it does not happen to be the family habit.” LittlesDoeHomeHappensEasyPerfectEffortPlansGoes OnHabitDiscussionIrritationBickeringPerfect PeaceMany Homes Book:Notes of Thought Source: Notes of Thought
“I get flack for saying [when I visit a college and give a speech], "This is a nice college, but the really great educator is McDonald's." They hate me for saying this and think I'm a slimy creature. But McDonald's hires people with bad work habits, trains them, and teaches them to come to work on time and have good work habits. I think a lot of what goes on there is better than at Harvard.” PeopleThinkingGivingHateTeachNiceCollegeGoes OnHabitCreaturesSpeechTrainGood WorkReally GreatHarvardEducatorHate MeMcdonaldsWork HabitsThey Hate Me Author:Charlie Munger
“I think I would have had an easier time of it if I had had training much earlier. Because when I got to the training, it was in my late 30s and I already probably had every bad habit a singer could have. In fact, it still goes on. It's un-training those habits and retraining new ones - the breathing, the relaxation, the tongue, the lungs, the everything.” IfsThinkingStillsFactsGoes OnHabitEasierLateTrainingTongueSingersBreathingRelaxationLungsBad HabitsEasier Times Author:Joan Baez
“Colonial rule means that power, initiative is taken away from you by somebody else who makes your decisions. If that goes on long enough, beyond one generation, then the habit of self-rule is forgotten. People are no longer able to realize what it means. To be dependant for a hundred years! And suddenly when this thing ends there is nobody who actually knows how to set about running the country.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanLongEndsSelfCountryEnoughRunningAbleRealizingDecisionKnow HowTakenGenerationsGoes OnHabitHundredForgottenInitiativeAway From You Author:Chinua Achebe
“...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit.” LittlesHappensSleepBreakGoes OnHabitEatingPerformancesCrisisRoutineWashingWhatever HappensBreak ThroughLife Goes On Author:Daphne du Maurier