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Quotes about Habit — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about habit, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   A habit at three lasts to eighty

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   A needle thief becomes an ox thief

   — Proverb

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3. 8

   Habits shape character

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   It's called a habit because it's hard to break

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   Starve the habit you want to lose

   — Epictetus

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6. 64

   It's never too late to plant a good habit

   — Traditional

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7. 128

   Coax a habit downstairs, don't throw it out

   — Mark Twain

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8. 256

   First we make habits, then habits make us

   — Traditional

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9. 512

   Chains of habit grow too strong to break

   — Samuel Johnson

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10. 1024

    Nothing is stronger than habit

    — Ovid

    Original · LatinNil adsuetudine maius

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    By habit, we grow apart

    — Confucius

    Original · Classical Chinese習相遠也

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13. 4096

    Habit is second nature

    — Cicero

    Original · LatinConsuetudo est altera natura.

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14. 8192

    Our life is but a mass of habits

    — William James

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15. 16384

    One nail drives out another; habit is overcome by habit

    — Erasmus

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16. 32768

    Habit works more steadily than reason

    — John Locke

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17. 65536

    Early habits make all the difference

    — Aristotle

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18. 131072

    Custom is the chief magistrate of life

    — Francis Bacon

    Original · EnglishCustom is the principal magistrate of man's life.

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