“The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c'est l homme, what is likely to happen if l homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?” IfsEndsHappensLiteratureIndividualStylePersonalityHabitLoversCloudsChecksBeing TrueStreamsProtestPerpetualQuotationsIndulgeSpontaneityIndulge InInsidiousGood Literature Book:Streaks of life Source: Streaks of life
“Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.” MenWellsStatesEvilCausesHe ManHabitDiseaseChiefsIndulge Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“It seems, in theory, that I should be able to control at least a few of my bad habits. The problem is that my habits make me depressed, and the depression makes me want to indulge my habits and so I do. There isn't any solution to this.” WantShouldProblemSeemsAbleTheoryHabitSolutionsIndulgeBad Habits Author:John S. Hall
“There are things about quitting the smoking habit for which nobody prepares you. Did I have any idea that I would indulge in long, drooling-nay, dribbling-lascivious dreams in which I was still wreathed in fragrant blue fumes? I would wake with the complete and guilty conviction that I had sinned in word and deed while I was asleep.” LongStillsIdeasDreamHabitBlueConvictionDeedsQuittingGuiltySmokingIndulgeIndulge InDrooling Book:And Yet...: Essays Source: And Yet...: Essays
“Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those responsible for carrying them out the whyfor and wherefor of the orders? Where employees come in daily and hourly contact with the public, surely it is important that care be taken to fit them to reply intelligently to courteous questions. ""Because them are orders"" isn't a satisfying reply-even less satisfactory to the management than to the public.” StillsImportantCarePainOrderTakenHabitFitResponsibleManagementContactEmployeeExecutivesSatisfyingIndulgeIndulge InCourteousShort Sighted Author:B. C. Forbes
“Many a bad habit is developed through overindulgence, and many a good one by chastisement; therefore, beat your son as well as your pupil; never indulge them.” WellsSonHabitBeatsIndulgePupilsBad HabitsYour SonChastisementOverindulgence Author:Chanakya