Quotes about Routine

He wants to feel good, he always used to feel good at every turning of the year, every vacation or end of vacation, every new sheet on the calendar: but his adult life has proved to have no seasons, only changes of weather, and the older he gets, the less weather interests him. The house next to his old house still has the FOR SALE sign up. He tries his front door

Was she asleep? He groped beside the bed, among his underclothes, for his wristwatch. He would soon learn, in undressing, to leave it lying discreetly visible. Its silent gold-rimmed face, a tiny banker's face, stated that he had already been out to lunch an hour and forty minutes. A sour burning began to revolve in his stomach.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.

And every day when I've been good, I get an orange after food.

If you want to break the sin habit, you'd better establish a prayer habit.

According to the law of requisite variety, the survival of any system depends on its capacity to cultivate variety in its internal structures. Disequilibrium is life ... When I'm in a spiritual slump, nine times out of ten, something sacred has become routine ... one of the ways I snap out of a spiritual slump is by disturbing by routine and experimenting with spiritual disciplines.

You are one habit away from getting into shape. You are one habit away from financial freedom. You are one habit away from mental health. You are one habit away from a happy, healthy marriage. You are one habit away from any goal you set. The only catch? It has to be a daily habit!

If you're in a spiritual slump, let me give you a prescription: go on a mission trip. There is no better or sure way of coming out of the cage of routine. It's a cure-all.

If you establish a prayer routine, your life will be anything but routine. You will go to places, do things, and meet people you have no business going to, doing, or meeting. You don't need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.