Ari Shaffir Quotes

A lot of people in our generation like to make excuses about little things that really don't hinder them from doing what they want to. It always comes down to the work ethic.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.

This is the question I want everyone to ask yourself every single day when you come up with something you feel that needs to be done: if not now, then when? And if not me, then who?

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

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

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

I have to watch out for being lazy.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

Our own laziness taxes us more than kings...

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

I always like to put myself under pressure to improve more.

For me, I'm just trying to keep getting better.

In the past I would give myself a reason to have an excuse. I wouldn't show up at the gym. I wouldn't do what I'm supposed to do as a professional.

I will keep - try - to be, like, on a new level every day.

I'm a naturally lazy person, and I live for a challenge.

I'm always trying to improve.

I always found it hard to motivate myself.

I'm a perfectionist and I've always been interested in growing and I think that has given me the mental fortitude to continue.