Habit

HAB'IT, n. [L. habitus, from habeo,to have to hold. See Have.]

1. Garb; dress; clothes or garments in general.

The scenes are old, the habits are the same,

We wore last year.

There are among the statues, several of Venus,

in different habits.

2. A coat worn by ladies over other garments.

3. State of any thing; implying some continuance or permanence; temperament or particular state of a body, formed by nature or induced by extraneous circumstances; as a costive or lax habit of body; a sanguine habit.

4. A disposition or condition of the mind or body acquired by custom or a frequent repetition of the same act. Habit is that which is held or retained, the effect of custom or frequent repetition. Hence we speak of good habits and bad habits. 

Frequent drinking of spirits leads to a habit of intemperance. We should endeavor to correct evil habits by a change of practice. A great point in the education of children, is to prevent the formation of bad habits.

Habit of plants, the general form or appearance, or the conformity of plants of the same kind in structure and growth.

HAB'IT, v.t. To dress; to clothe; to array.

They habited themselves like rural deities.

HAB'IT, v.t. To dwell; to inhabit.

SCRIPTURES/QUOTES:

 “We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions, and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.” (C. A. Hall, The Home Book of Quotations,New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935, p. 845.)

We are not born into this world with fixed habits. Neither do we inherit a noble character. Instead, as children of God, we are given the privilege and opportunity of choosing which way of life we will follow—which habits we will form.

Someone has observed, “When a man boasts of his bad habits, you may rest assured they are the best he has.”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1974/10/good-habits-develop-good-character?lang=eng

"Man's destined purpose is to conquer all habits, overcome the evil in him and to restore good to its rightful place."

Mahatama Ghandi

"The nature of men is always the same. It is their habits that separate them."

Confucius 

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

To define habit, I would probably say it is a thought condition repetitively put into action. 

Outward habits originate from our thought habits. 

If we think about something more often then not, it is likely that it will become habitual. 

We have control of our thoughts and actions. Doing things that will help us have the right thoughts, and thinking thoughts that will help us have the right actions, is formula for forming good habits.

Through the Lord and the atonement we break bad habits and replace them with good ones. This is a recipe for becoming your very best self, for our habits make us who we are, and determine what our destiny is.