67 Motivational Habit Quotes (POWER OF ROUTINE)

Top 55 Quotes to Inspire You to Cultivate More Good Habits in Life (MOTIVATE)

Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”
Lao Tzu

Successful people are simply those with successful habits. - Brian Tracy — Successful people are simply those with successful habits. – **Brian Tracy**

You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret to your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell — You’ll never **change your life** until you change something you do daily. The secret to your success is found in your daily routine. – **John C. Maxwell**

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle — We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. – **Aristotle**

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. - Vince Lombardi — Watch your **actions**, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. – **Vince Lombardi**

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do. - Sean Covey — Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do. – Sean Covey

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Rohn

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. - Thomas Edison — The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. – **Thomas Edison**

It is dangerous to mortgage your future to unhealthy or harmful habits. They will sabotage your future. - Dr T.P. Chia — It is dangerous to mortgage your **future** to unhealthy or harmful habits. They will sabotage your future. – Dr T.P. Chia

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. - Steven Pressfield — The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. – Steven Pressfield

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. - Feodor Dostoevski — The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. – Feodor Dostoevski

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. - Warren Buffet — Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. – Warren Buffet

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you. - Frank Crane — Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them, either. They keep you. – Frank Crane

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. - Confucius — Men’s **natures** are alike; it is their habits that separate them. – **Confucius**

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily.”
Zig Ziglar

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. - Horace Mann — Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. – Horace Mann

Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all. - Georges Gurdjieff — Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all. – Georges Gurdjieff

The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful. - Doug Henning — The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful. – Doug Henning

First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you.

Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. - Dale Carnegie — Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. – **Dale Carnegie**

The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit. - Bryant McGill — The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit. – **Bryant McGill**

I can predict the long-term outcome of your success if you show me your daily habits. - John Maxwell — I can predict the long-term outcome of your success if you show me your daily habits. – John Maxwell

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. - Aristotle — Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. – **Aristotle**

Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out. - Robert Collier — Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in day out. – Robert Collier

If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream. - John Maxwell — If your habits don’t line up with your **dream**, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream. – John Maxwell

Results can only change when we change our consistent actions and make them habits. - Billy Cox — Results can only change when we change our consistent **actions** and make them habits. – Billy Cox

Sow a thought, reap an **action**; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. – **Stephen Covey**

If you want to change your world, you need to start cultivating good habits. - Mina Tadros — If you want to change your world, you need to start cultivating good habits. – Mina Tadros

Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. - Octavia Butler — Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. – Octavia Butler

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits. - Robert Puller — Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits. – Robert Puller

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. - Colin Powell — If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a **prevailing attitude**. – **Colin Powell**

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. - John Dryden — We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. – John Dryden

There are two types of habits: ones which comfort us, and ones which would be a comfort if we stopped. - Catherine Pulsifer — There are two types of habits: ones which comfort us, and ones which would be a comfort if we stopped. – Catherine Pulsifer

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. - Mike Murdock — The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. – Mike Murdock

Get on a daily routine… Working is a process not a product. Success comes from the word, succeed: Latin: ‘to under go.' You must keep moving. - Nicoletta Baumeister — Get on a daily routine… Working is a process not a product. Success comes from the word, succeed: Latin: ‘to under go.’ You must keep moving. – Nicoletta Baumeister

Energy is usually at its peak during the first part of your day, which means you should be completing habits that inspire or excite you about the day ahead. - S. J. Scott — Energy is usually at its peak during the first part of your day, which means you should be completing habits that inspire or excite you about the day ahead. – S. J. Scott

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. - Tony Robbins — In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent **actions**. It’s not what we do that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. – **Tony Robbins**

By developing and practicing good habits each day, you affirm that you do have control over the very core of your life in the midst of the chaos. - Stephen Guise — By developing and practicing good habits each day, you affirm that you do have control over the very core of your life in the midst of the chaos. – Stephen Guise

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. - Abraham Lincoln — Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. – **Abraham Lincoln**

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee — I **fear** not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks, but I do fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. – **Bruce Lee**

By simply breaking some of your more ingrained habits you will help dissolve away your suffering. - Vidyamala Burch — By simply breaking some of your more ingrained habits you will help dissolve away your suffering. – Vidyamala Burch

Choices are at the root of every one of your results. Each choice starts a behavior that over time becomes a habit. - Darren Hardy — Choices are at the root of every one of your results. Each choice starts a behavior that over **time** becomes a habit. – **Darren Hardy**

Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits. - Samuel Beckett — Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits. – Samuel Beckett

The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it. - Gary Keller — The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it. – Gary Keller

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. - Zig Ziglar — There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. – Zig Ziglar

We are our own potters; for our habits make us, and we make our habits. - Frederick Langbridge — We are our own potters; for our habits make us, and we make our habits. – Frederick Langbridge

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. - Benjamin Franklin — Your net worth to the world is usually **determined** by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. – **Benjamin Franklin**

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. - Stephen Covey — Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. – **Stephen Covey**

Good habits are worth being fanatical about. - John Irving — Good habits are worth being fanatical about. – John Irving

I have learned that champions aren’t just born; champions can be made when they embrace and commit to life-changing positive habits. - Lewis Howes — I have learned that champions aren’t just born; champions can be made when they embrace and commit to life-changing positive habits. – **Lewis Howes**

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. - Vince Lombardi — Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. – Vince Lombardi

If you pick the right small behavior and sequence it right, then you won’t have to motivate yourself to have it grow. It will just happen naturally, like a good seed planted in a good spot. - BJ Fogg — If you pick the right small behavior and sequence it right, then you won’t have to motivate yourself to have it grow. It will just happen naturally, like a good seed planted in a good spot. – BJ Fogg

Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. - William Makepeace Thackeray — Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do. – William Makepeace Thackeray

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. - Aristotle — Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. – **Aristotle**

Top 13 Quotes About Bad Habits & How to Break Them (BREAKING)

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. - Samuel Johnson — The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.

Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you? - Steve Maraboli — Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you? – **Steve Maraboli**

To change a habit, you must keep the old cue and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine. - Charles Duhigg — To change a habit, you must keep the old cue and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine. – Charles Duhigg

Replacing just a few key negative habits with a few positive habits can easily be the difference between being mostly unhappy and being happy almost all of the time. - Tynan — Replacing just a few key negative habits with a few positive habits can easily be the difference between being mostly unhappy and being happy almost all of the time. – Tynan

All people are the same; only their habits differ - Confucius — All people are the same; only their habits differ – **Confucius**

Habits are difficult to break, but they're not impossible. Learning how to rework your vocabulary and train yourself to stop saying, "I can't," will take time, but you can do it. - Alex Fitel — Habits are difficult to break, but they’re not impossible. **Learning** how to rework your vocabulary and train yourself to stop saying, “I can’t,” will take time, but you can do it. – Alex Fitel

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. - Mark Twain — A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. – **Mark Twain**

Let today be the day you give up who you've been for who you can become. - Hal Elrod — Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can become. – Hal Elrod

And once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. - Charles Duhigg — And once you understand that habits can change, you have the **freedom** and the **responsibility** to remake them. – Charles Duhigg

Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. - Benjamin Franklin — Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. – Benjamin Franklin

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‘I release the need for this in my life. - Wayne Dyer — You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‘I release the need for this in my life. – **Wayne Dyer**

The best way to stop a bad habit is to never begin it. - J.C. Penney — The best way to stop a bad habit is to never begin it. – J.C. Penney

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while. - Gretchen Rubin — What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while. – Gretchen Rubin

Life is Made up of Habits

Life is made up of habits. The habits you cultivated over your life either make or break you.

Habits – good or bad – influence our lives way more than most people realize. It has been said that close to 50% of our actions are based on habits, not decisions.

Think about that for a moment.

What if we can take control of half of what we do for the rest of our lives? This is not farfetched, it is possible… through the power of habits.

I want you to live your fullest life.

Here are the most powerful habit quotes so you can cultivate good habits to live your best life.

Conclusion: A Secret to Adopting New Habits The Smart Way

Today, I go to the gym every day for at least 75 minutes but my exercise habit begins 8 years ago by only doing 20 push-ups per day.

The secret to adopting a new habit is to go small at first and slowly work your way up.

If you are just starting out, I recommend that you read Mini Habits by Stephen Guise. It is a very powerful book and it makes cultivating good habits so much simpler and doable.

(MUST READ)

**Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results**

Instead of stressing yourself out to do more, you will be celebrating every day. That’s the power of Stephen’s book.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,
Jeremiah Say

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