Steve Harvey Quotes

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

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].

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.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Any day we wish we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.

Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.

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

I thought that if I was able to change myself, I would be more successful.

Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead of watching TV or shopping.'

Procrastinating is a habit that I have to overcome.

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

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

That man is idle who can do something better.

In theory I can do almost anything; certainly I have been told how. In practice I do as little as possible. I pretend to myself that I would be quite happy in a hermit's cave, living on gruel, if someone else would make the gruel. Gruel, like so many other things, is beyond me.

My new years resolution? I will be less laz.

My time is far too valuable for me to spend any of it trying to improve myself.

The only time to take the step towards change is now. Even if they're baby steps, start today! Consistency is important because you must make time to work on your goals. Even if there is little you can do, you must!

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.

Did you do every single thing you could today, to be your best?

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

Procrastinatio n is the thief of dreams

Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.

If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

I am sometimes something of a lazy person, so when I end up spending a lot of time using something myself - as I did with Google in the earliest of days, I knew it was a big deal.

Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.