Steve Jobs on habit
Steve Jobs98 quotes“In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.”
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Wayne DyerWayne Dyer The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
HeraclitusHeraclitus We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
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