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“We are masters of our actions from the beginning up to the very end. But, in the case of our habits, we are only masters of their commencement - each particular little increase being as imperceptible as in the case of bodily infirmities. But yet our habits are voluntary, in that it was once in our power to adopt or not to adopt such or such a course of conduct.”

Littles Ends Action Courses Cases Particular Masters Habit Increase Our Actions Infirmity Commencement

Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.”

Character Action Habit Affected Our Thoughts Our Actions

Author:Elizabeth George

“When we are attentive to our actions we are not prisoners to our habits.”

Action Habit Prisoner Our Actions

Book:The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

Source: The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

“A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up on her own two legs and walk. Get off the bus and go get on another. Climb out of the ditch and cross the road. Find the road that s where you want to go. ... The only sermon that counts is the one that is formed by our actions. She would quit drinking and thereby show Kyle life is what you make it. A person can grab hold of her life and change things for the better. This happens all the time. We are not chips of wood drifting down the stream of time. We have oars.”

Source: Pontoon: A Lake Wobegon Novel