“If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help.”

“If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of thought and action; we f1nd new elements of our nature called into activity; we are no longer running along a narrow track of selfish habit.”

“If the public gets out of the habit of reading they will not come back to it. We shall enter a new phase of our history from which there is no turning back.”

“If use becomes abuse, we should intervene at once, for if abuse becomes habit, then there is no remedy.”

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”

“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.”

“We first make our habits, then our habits make us.”

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”

“There the sons of obscure Night hold their habitation, Sleep and Death, dread gods.”

“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”