...use the word "habit." in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits — practical, emotional, and...

...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our Yirtues_arehabits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass...

...use the word 'habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and the drinking-habit, but not of the abstention, habit or the moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our virtues are...

...the case of the feelings, the word suggests bad habits rather than good habits. As James says, "We talk of the smokinghabit, and the swearing-habit,...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices." Even so intelligent a writer as RL Stevenson says, "Evil was called Youth until he was old and then...

...immense proportion of our good actions are habitual, and that is as it should be. Professor James says: "The fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices." We should establish the habit of good, useful, and virtuous actions as soon as possible by setting...

...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and...moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that Qur_yjrtaiea are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but...

...the case of the feelings, the word suggests bad habits rather than good habits. As James says, 'We talk of the smoking-habit, and the swearing-habit,...that our virtues are habits as much as our vices.' " 3. In THE PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING Thorndike says: "The same situation may cause different acts according...

...use the word ' habit,' in the majority of instances it is a bad habit which they have in mind. They talk of the smoking-habit and the swearing-habit and the drinking-habit, but not of the abstention, habit or the moderation-habit or the couragehabit. But the fact is that our virtues are...

...that the word habit has been popularly associated with evil rather than with good. As James says: "We talk of the smokinghabit, and the swearing-habit,...fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices."9 Habit is character. Ex-President Eliot recently said: "I have seen for thirty years a steady...

...drinking habit, but not of the habit of obedience, or the habit of self-control, or the habit of courage. But the fact is that our virtues are habits as much as our vices. All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits. * * * Ninety-nine hundredths,...