A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
习惯
Habit
Habit is a great deadener.
习惯是伟大的终结者。
A habit does not a monk make.
和尚不能养成习惯。
I am not a creature of habit.
我不是一个习惯的动物。
Habit is stronger than reason.
习惯比理智更强大。
Habit is the nursery of errors.
习惯是错误的温床。
I'm very much a creature of habit.
我是个很有习惯的人。
Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.
习惯是蜘蛛网，然后是电缆。
Never permit failure to become a habit.
永远不要让失败成为一种习惯。
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
习惯开始是蜘蛛网，最后是缆绳。
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
事情开始是希望，结束是习惯。
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
习惯如果不加以抵制，很快就会变成必需。
The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.
改掉坏习惯的最好方法就是改掉它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.
今天的坏习惯比明天更容易改掉。
Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
习惯是第二天性，它能破坏第一天性。但什么是自然?为什么习惯不是自然的?我很担心，自然本身只是第一个习惯，就像习惯是第二天性一样。
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters
习惯不是最好的仆人，就是最坏的主人
We have a habit in this country of correcting things just as they are about to correct themselves.
在这个国家，我们有一种习惯，就是在事情即将自我纠正的时候纠正它们。
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
我一生都是一个自私的人，在实践上，虽然在原则上不是。
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
养成告诉别人谢谢你的习惯。真诚地表达你的感激之情，不求任何回报。真正感激身边的人，你很快就会发现身边还有很多人。真正珍惜生活，你会发现你拥有的更多。