"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark | Action | 72 bookmarks

"It's just as easy to form the habit of succeeding as it is to succumb to the habit of failure. Habits aren't instincts; they're acquired reactions. They don't just happen; they are caused. Once you determine the original cause of a habit, it is within your power either to accept or reject it."

Unknown, Source | Habit | 1 bookmarks

"There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit."

Unknown, Source | Habit | 1 bookmarks

"Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into."

Unknown, Source | Habit | 2 bookmarks

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle | Habit | 7 bookmarks

"The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."

Lincoln, Abraham | Enemies | 9 bookmarks

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

Lincoln, Abraham | Dogs | 6 bookmarks

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

Lincoln, Abraham | Democracy | 3 bookmarks

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

Lincoln, Abraham | Deceit | 3 bookmarks

"As a twig is bent the tree inclines."

Virgil | Habit | 2 bookmarks