A Quote by Virginia Woolf

Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play.

Virginia Woolf

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Allow Convenience Customs Dare Free Free Play Habits Natures Play Souls Support Timid

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Virginia Woolf
British - Author
January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941

People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if they wish to be free they can.

Peace Pilgrim

The things that haven't been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today; Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that's new?

Edgar Guest

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

Honore de Balzac

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.

Joseph Joubert

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Every thing useful and beneficial to man, seems to be connected with obedience to the laws of his nature, the inclinations, the duties, and the happiness of individuals, resolve themselves into customs and habits, favorable, in the highest degree, to society. In no case is this more apparent, than in the customs of nations respecting marriage.

Samuel Williams

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Swami Vivekananda

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

Confucius

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

Ralph W. Sockman

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

Steven Pressfield

Chess is not for timid souls.

Wilhelm Steinitz

You do have habits and rhythms that you do sort of fall into when you're acting, but if you've got text that doesn't allow you to do that it puts you in a bit of an uncomfortable space and takes you out of your habits.

Radha Mitchell

The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.

Sophie Swetchine

Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Dare to be what you ought to be, dare to be what you dream to be, dare to be the finest you can be. The more you dare, the surer you will be of gaining just what you dare!