8 Quotes & Sayings By Ralph Alfred Habas

Ralph Habas is a writer and researcher. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, magazines, and journals. In 2011, Habas received the prestigious John Locke Foundation's John Locke Award for "his outstanding contributions to the works of David Hume, the British Empiricist." He has been a speaker at various colleges and universities in Canada and the United States on Hume, Hume studies, and the history of ideas. Habas is a regular contributor to the quarterly review Journal of the History of Ideas in Canada, a member of the Association for Ideas in Liberal Education (AiLE), and a member of the International Society for Hume Studies (ISH).

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INTEREST. Here is the key to the whole thing. If and when you are truly interested in what you are doing, or are about to do, then you will center your attention on it with little or no effort, and almost irrespective of the attendant conditions. Ralph Alfred Habas
In the endeavor to establish a difficult habit, for example,...
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In the endeavor to establish a difficult habit, for example, mere wishing will never carry it to a successful conclusion; our wishing must rise to the level of WANTING if this goal is to be achieved. Ralph Alfred Habas
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Too much stress cannot be laid...upon the admonition that we seek so far as possible to live in the lives of other people. By sharing in the misfortunes of others, and rejoicing in their happiness, you add to your own emotional serenity and stability. Ralph Alfred Habas
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A primary requirement in every enterprise in habit-formation is self-confidence. Ralph Alfred Habas
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Even the best inborn potentialities for achievement do not render unnecessary patient and persistent practice. Ralph Alfred Habas
The confidence essential to effective habit-making comes as a rule...
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The confidence essential to effective habit-making comes as a rule from knowledge of previous and related successes. Ralph Alfred Habas
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This is the best possible way to retain important details that you wish to remember in any unified field of knowledge, whether it be the field of economics, science, history, or any other--link them up with related items which you already know or wouldn't mind knowing. Ralph Alfred Habas