Tag Archives: Habit

Thought For the Day: To Acquire the Habit of Reading Is To Construct For Yourself A Refuge From Almost All the Miseries of Life

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” – W. Somerset Maugham

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Thought For the Day: If You Make It A Habit Not To Blame Others, You Will Feel the Growth of the Ability To Love In Your Soul, and You Will See the Growth of Goodness In Your Life

Posted on November 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.” – Leo Tolstoy

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Thought For the Day: Ninety-Nine Precent of the Failure Comes From People Who Have A Habit of Making Excuses

Posted on November 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver

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Mean Street Struggles

Posted on June 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Mean Street Strugglesby Michael DoyleThe top tier of all artistryHas the flow found in living free.The struggle and hustle of the cityHas the habit of instilling its vibrancyThat grinds against the boneIn a way that makes each soul its own.New … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Of All the Disposition and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports

Posted on May 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” – George Washington

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Thought For the Day: The Habit of Reading Is the Only Enjoyment In Which There Is No Alloy; It Lasts When All Other Pleasures Fade

Posted on April 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.” – Anthony Trollope, novelist (24 Apr 1815-1882)

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Thought For the Day: Cultivate the Habit of Being Grateful For Every Good Thing That Comes To You, and To Give Thanks Continuously

Posted on November 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First Principles: Liberty Is Not To Be Enjoyed, Indeed It Cannot Exist, Without the Habits of Just Subordination; It Consists, Not So Much In Removing All Restraint From the Orderly, As In Imposing It On the Violent

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” – Fisher Ames (1801) Twice … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Our Laws, and Habits…It Is Founded On Morals and Religion Whose Authority Reigns In the Heart

Posted on August 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit

Posted on June 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

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