“My temperament and habit had always kept me rather in the middle of the road; in politics as well as in social reform I had been for "the best possible." But now I was pushed far toward the left on the subject of the war and I became gradually convinced that in order to make the position of the pacifist clear it was perhaps necessary that at least a small number of us should be forced into an unequivocal position.” ShouldWellsWarOrderLeftSocialNumbersClearMiddleSubjectsPositionHabitConvincedReformTemperamentSocial ReformPacifistSmall NumbersMiddle Of The RoadUnequivocal Book:The Jane Addams Reader Source: The Jane Addams Reader
“Orma moved a pile of books off a stool for me but seated himself directly on another stack. This habit of his never ceased to amuse me. Dragons no longer hoarded gold; Comonot's reforms had outlawed it. For Orma and his generation, knowledge was treasure. As dragons through the ages had done, he gathered it and then he sat on it.” BookDoneAgeGenerationsHabitGoldMovedTreasureReformSatDragonsStools Author:Rachel Hartman
“No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.” MeanSelfActionLawIndividualEconomyGreaterRightsHabitReformDenialIdleSoberIndustriousSelf-denial Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Charakter, Conduct and Perseverance Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Charakter, Conduct and Perseverance
“Bill Clinton gives the appearance of taking stands-for some sort of tax cut, some sort of welfare reform, some sort of balanced budget-but these are ploys, mirages: they exist only to undermine positions taken by the Republicans. He doesn't fight for anything substantive-except of course, re-election. ...He has fallen into the dangerous habit of lip synching the presidency: he gives the appearance of leadership, but not the substance.” GivingFightingCoursesTakenCuttingDangerousPositionHabitRepublicanTaxesElectionBillsClintonLipsAppearanceReformSubstanceBudgetsWelfareFallenBalancedPresidencyTax CutsMiragesBalanced BudgetPloyWelfare Reform Author:Joe Klein
“Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.” PeopleInspirationalNeedsFunnyHabitTraditionReformSarcasticCustomsProhibitionBad HabitsGood HabitsDrug ProhibitionDaily Habits Author:Mark Twain
“Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivolous: each night in my dreams I pull the scab off a wound; each day, vacuous and habit-ridden, I help it re-form.” MadeDreamNightSufferingHabitEmptySelfishWoundsReformBoredomEach DayMaskBitternessTranquilityScabsVacuous Author:Cyril Connolly