Louise Erdrich Quotes

Success is hastened or delayed by one's habits.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Watch your actions, they become your habits.

Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know that if I didn't go running, I wouldn't go the next day either. It's not in human nature to take unnecessary burdens upon oneself, so one's body soon becomes disaccustomed. It mustn't do that. It's the same with writing. I write every day so that my mind doesn't become disaccustomed.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance. This second, we can sit down and do our work.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

Success is determined by your daily choices and habits

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

Habit is stronger than desire.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap, forget motivation, just do it

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Doing something does not require discipline. It creates its own discipline - with a little help from caffeine.

The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

Habit is the daily battleground of character

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.