Max McKeown Quotes

Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

Procrastinatio n will delay your change!!! Today is a very good day to change; don't let YOU stop yourself from growing!

My new years resolution? I will be less laz.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.

I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

It's not going to be enough, until I get out of my chair and walk.

Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life.

Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.

I work every day to improve and reach my top.

The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

You can have the best intentions in the world but if you do nothing, you are nothing.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

With a little study you'll go a long ways, and I wish you'd start now

Everyday the opportunity exists to change your life. But most days, the idea of having to change the big things in life just seems like too much work. Should I lie on the couch and watch a movie, or shuld I confront my personal demons?

That man is idle who can do something better.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.

One thing I am convinced of is that the more you do, the more you can do.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and shake off your incarnate laziness.

Make the decision that you'll no longer use excuses to keep you from what you know is in your best interest. Today, act on something you've always avoided and explained away with a convenient excuse. Make a phone call you've been putting off, write a letter to a friend, put on a pair of walking shoes and go for a stroll, clean out your closet—do something you've been justifying not doing with excuses.