Routine quotes

Routine

300 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director

"when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is."

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Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer

"The other producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the same hour day after day, first from carelessness, then from inclination, at last from cowardice or inertia. Luckily the inconsequent life is not the only alternative; for caprice is as ruinous as routine. Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Routine

"If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself."

Understanding Shadow Routine
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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
Routine

"With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine."

Blessing Adversity Routine
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Theodor Herzl Journalist, Writer, Political Activist
Routine

"Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions."

Men Circles Routine
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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
Routine

"I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine."

Writing Order Routine
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Boris Pasternak Poet, Novelist
Routine

"I have been writing in spurts, bit by bit. It is incredibly difficult. Everything is corroded, broken, dismantled; everything is covered with hardened layers of accumulated insensitivity, deafness, entrenched routine. It is disgusting."

Writing Broken Routine
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J. Cole Rapper, songwriter
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"Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me."

Cities Routine Structure
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Routine

"So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours."

Time Preparation Routine
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"I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it's a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind."

Mind Important Routine
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William James Philosopher, Psychologist
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"All the daily routine of life, our dressing and undressing, the coming and going from our work or carrying through of its various operations, is utterly without mental reference to pleasure and pain, except under rarely realized conditions."

Pain Happiness Routine
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Bobbi Brown Makeup Artist, Entrepreneur
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"Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style."

Style Makeup Routine
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