William Cowper Quotes
Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.
Quotes to Explore
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Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
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I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.
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I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
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When the mind has once formed the habit of holding cheerful, happy, prosperous pictures, it will not be easy to form the opposite habit.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
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What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.
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If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive.
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Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.
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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
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Poussey is a really huge part of 'Orange,' and I'm sure her name will always echo through the halls of Litchfield, dead or alive.
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Only the insecure strive for security.
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I think there has been this really bad habit of environmentalists being insufferably smug, where they are sort of saying, 'This is the issue that beats all other issues,' or, 'Your issue doesn't matter because nothing matters if the earth is fried.'
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As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn't be admissible.
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I always say fitness is the first step to greatness. And I try to encourage my fans to be on the same page as that. Because fitness is the first step to setting a habit that you necessarily don't want to do but are still committed to doing every single day. And so I think that's why I always, always try to get a workout in.
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Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.