Marcus Buckingham Quotes

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.

The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend.

Efficiency is a great secret that can drop us right into our ideal life path, but it is a hard one to practice and something that takes constant maintenance and work.

I don't waste time despising people.

One of the most important lessons of childhood is discovering what you like to do.

Without time for loss you don't have time for soul.

Each moment spent searching is also a moment spent finding.

The pain that's created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don't begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success.

No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.

Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.

Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue

Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.

You get more insight as you get older, on everything. I kind of woke up one morning and was like, 'Oh I see what's happening, I get everything'. I woke up and was like, 'I get it, I'm a product'.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner.

Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.

I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.

When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.

Don't water your weeds.

Self improvement is masturbation.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better.

If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.

If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest.