“Never neglect your daily living, for it builds up your habits.”

“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.”

Bear Grylls (1974) Chief Scout, adventurer, author

“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.”

Knute Rockne (1888–1931) American college football player and college football coach (1888-1931)

“You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun…My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future?”

Stephen L. Carter book The Emperor of Ocean Park

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture… Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”

Norman Vincent Peale book The Power of Positive Thinking

“Winning is a habit. Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs. Watch your beliefs, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. ”

Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) American football player, coach, and executive

“Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.”

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

“It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.”

John Steinbeck book The Grapes of Wrath

“To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.”

E. W. Howe (1853–1937) Novelist, magazine and newspaper editor