Constructive Habits Quotes

We really do prefer to build things rather than destroy things, believe it or not.

I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing to children is no answer to delinquency. Preaching won't keep youngsters out of trouble, but keeping their minds occupied will.

The '90s were a time of building for me. Building a life that was sober, drained of harmful, wasteful excess and manufacturing in its place a family of my own.

I am an artist no matter what I do. I live for creativity. I think everyone should. It is the antithesis of being destructive.

Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence.

Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous moral explosions, but against the strong walls of an impregnable fortress strongly built up, stone by stone, beginning at that distant day when the foundations were first laid.

If you are striving to have more happiness in your life, it helps to guide your mind towards starting to recognize what are selfish motivations and what are constructive motivations.

Don't go watching reality TV thinking your going to find a role model.

The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle.

I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids.

I don't do anything out of negativity anymore.

When you try to build an identity based on one idea, the easy part is to stick with the good things that you do.

A spiritual partnership is between people who promise themselves to use all of their experiences to grow spiritually. They use their emotions to show them how to create constructive and healthy and joyful consequences instead of destructive and unhealthy and painful consequences.

I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset.

Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.

Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.

It's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.