If one million of you give assent to the one thousand who participate in the murder of a child, then one million of you are a million times guilty.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
The less energy you spend on trivial choices, the more you can spend it on what really matters.
The difference (in successful people) is that they still find a way to show up despite the feelings of bordeom.
Our genes do not eliminate the need for hard work. They clarify it. They tell us what to work hard on.
Our deeply rooted preferences make certain behaviors easier for some people than for others.
The people at the top of any competitive field are not only well trained, they are also well suited to the task.
The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can’t do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all.
The world has changed much in recent years, but human nature has changed little.
Sometimes success is less about making good habits easy and more about making bad habits hard.
When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.
Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
Distraction is a good thing because you need distractions to practice meditation.
If you work in a job where everyone wears expensive suits, then you’ll be inclined to splurge on one as well.
We need to make our habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates to act in the first place.
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
All habits serve you in some way – even the bad ones – which is why you repeat them.