The truth is that finding the motivation to build good habits is what differentiates the mediocre from the extraordinary. If you are willing to apply disciplined daily action in pursuit of your goals with consistency, you will see remarkable results. But we all know this, there’s nothing new here. When we dig a little deeper, it turns out that it’s the rituals we create in our daily lives that keep us ascending the stairway to success, which sees us rise to our fullest potential and produce at an elite level. Research conducted by University College London demonstrates that it takes 66 days to install a habit or to reach automaticity—the point where a habit has been integrated and can be performed automatically without willpower.[1] The key to attaining this is maintaining the willpower to succeed in the days and weeks preceding automaticity, and this is where most people fail. Sometimes, all you need is a little push or flash of insight from an inspirational quote. Below are 70 of the most potent, life-changing quotations about habits that will supercharge your focus, keep you locked on building good habits, and give you that extra boost to create radical transformation in your life. Let’s get started…
Find Your Deeper Why’s (What’s Driving You?)
―Ryan Serhant ―Napoleon Hill ―Tom Bilyeu, Founder Impact Theory ―Rangan Chatterjee ―Fyodor Dostoyevsky ―Nietzsche ―Thomas Carlyle ―Winston S. Churchill ―Mark Twain ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The Bigger Picture (What Do You Want for Your Life?)
―Viktor Frankl ―Phil Knight, Shoe Dog ―Maya Angelou ―James Cameron ―Carrie Green, Female Entrepreneur Association ―Richard Bach ―Jim Rohn ―Thomas J. Watson ―Rhonda Byrne
Visualizing Your Future Self (Who Will You Become?)
―Jim Rohn ―Patrick Bet David, Valuetainment ―Steve Siebold, Author ―Don Miguel Ruiz ―Brian Tracy ―Sonia Ricotti ―Rhonda Byrne ―Arnold Schwartzenegger ―Zig Ziglar ―James Allen
The Heart of the Matter (Action Inspires Motivation)
―Winston Churchill ―Robin Sharma ―MJ DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane ―Gretchen Rubin ―Nelson Mandela ―Mark Twain ―Henry Ford ―Kathy Seligman ―William Jennings Bryan ―Abraham Lincoln
How to Play the Game (of Life)
―Ryan Holiday ―Seneca ―James Clear, Atomic Habits —Michael Phelps ―Joseph Murphy, Ph.D. ―Jay Shetty ―Goethe ―Confucius ―Michael Jordan ―Jack Penn ―Abraham Lincoln ―Bette Davis
Give Your Gift to the World
―Jen Sincero ―Steven Pressfield, The War of Art ―Gordon Mackenzie ―Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life ―Robert Iger, Chairman of Disney ―H. Jackson Brown Jr. ―John Bunyan ―Albert Einstein ―Robert F. Kennedy ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
Having Faith (in the Journey)
―Idil Ahmed ―Gabrielle Bernstein ―Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist ―Tony Robbins ―Napoleon Hill ―Robert Louis Stevenson ―Andre Gide ―Peter Hagerty ―Muhammad Ali
Final Remarks
I hope you find these quotations about habits useful and inspirational. As we’ve discovered, finding the motivation to sustain the practice of building good habits is worth it. The difference is a multifactorial approach that combines your deepest desires, playing the game of life, connecting with your future self, and believing it is all possible for you. Installing good habits is where you’ll create your ultimate advantage. The good news is that if you can keep it up for 66 days despite the constant demands of life, you’ll reach automaticity. When you acknowledge this powerful driver within yourself and tap into it daily, you become an unstoppable force for good and open the doorway for remarkable things to happen. Now is the time to take charge of your life and step through the doorway to success daily.
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