“Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.” KnowsHabitSafeMiracleBlowExtremesShakesInsecurityPushingSubstitutesTrustedPush YourselfCobwebs Author:Robert Genn
“Paranormal phenomena have a habit of going away whenever they are tested under rigorous conditions. This is why the $1,000,000 reward of James Randi, offered to anyone who can demonstrate a paranormal effect under proper scientific controls, is safe.” ConditionsEffectsHabitSafeRewardsParanormalGoing AwayTested Author:James Randi
“Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower lip grown permanently projected beyond the upper, so that he can't get it back, and must go through life looking like the King of Spain.” MayPersonsBookFormKingsHabitSafeLipsSpain Book:Gentle Julia Source: Gentle Julia
“Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long as the swatter remained in view....Permanent transformation had to be internal....The habits of self discipline, as laborious and frustrating as they were to achieve, offered the only real possibility of keeping children safe from their own excesses as well as the omnipresent dangers of society.” WellsChildrenLongRealSelfLinesViewsAchieveDangerPossibilityHabitDisciplineSafeTransformationPermanentFirmInternalsLastingExcessSelf DisciplineFrustratingRecalcitrant Author:Mary Blakely
“You are far more than your personality, more than your habits, more than your achievements. You are an infinitely complex human being with stories and myths and dreams- and ambitions of cosmic proportions. Don't waste time underestimating yourself. Dream big... Use the energy of your archetype to express the true reason you were born. Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.” HumansEndsReasonStoriesUseDreamBigsEnergyBornHuman BeingsPersonalityHabitSafeWasteAchievementAmbitionComplexesMythProportionMeant To BeWasting TimeCosmicUnderestimateWere Meant To BeArchetypeDon't Waste Time Author:Caroline Myss
“...there are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you are safe - but bored. Or you can care greatly, live greatly, until life breaks you on its wheel.” WayMayTwoCareBreakHabitSafeRefuseBoredIndifferenceWheelsTwo WaysArmor Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher