Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.
Virtually everything you do is the result of habit. The good news is that all habits are learned, and they can therefore be unlearned.
Brian Tracy (born 1944) is a Canadian-born motivational speaker and author.
You cannot write well or much (and I venture the opinion that you cannot write well unless you write much) unless you form a habit.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. (William) Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a French-born English writer. His writings published quite an impressive collection of short stories, novels, and plays.
There are no secrets to success. It is only the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
Colin Powell (1937-2021) was an American army officer and diplomat.
When we feel wonder, we are immediately reminded of the purity and innocence of our childhood.
The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.
Doug Henning (1947-2000) was a Canadian-born magician, illusionist, and escape artist.
Habit is the deepest law of human nature.
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish-born essayist, historian, and philosopher. He was a leading writer of the Victorian era.
Start a new habit on today’s events: Think first of the eternal difference your choices will make.
From Proverbs 16:3: “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.“
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Feeling defeated
Heavy shadow weighs upon—
Procrastinating
Welcoming freedom
Sunrise lifting confidence—
Invigorating
Nurturing habit
Tackling biggest challenge first—
Prioritizing
If I am in the habit of steadily facing myself with God, my conscience will always introduce God’s perfect law and indicate what I should do.
From Acts 24:16: “Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
The right thing to do with habits is to lose them in the life of the Lord, until every habit is so practiced that there is no conscious habit at all.
From Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Excellence is not an act, but a habit.
A person cannot all of a sudden become good at what they do just by switching streams.
Marva Collins (1936-2015) was an American educator.
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