Gretchen Rubin Quotes

The exercise I do now is a mammoth change for me because I never did any exercise ever.

Research has shown that it takes 31 days of conscious effort to make or break a habit. That means, if one practices something consistently for 31 days, on the 32nd day it does become a habit. Information has been internalised into behavioural change, which is called transformation.

When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.

Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end.

To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.

So, on the whole, I'd have to say that no, people don't change, but they CAN learn to behave differently. I want to believe otherwise. If you have an argument that says I'm wrong, I'd be glad to hear it.

But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.

A person can't change all at once.

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.

All habits gather by unseen degrees.

To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there." ~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change.

That's not how politics works - sometimes things move in a rather imperceptible way. There are no fireworks, and then comes a time when change comes unexpectedly. Sometimes change comes with a lot of fireworks, but not always.

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

But I should have known that it doesn't take that long for change to happen - it takes a second.

However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.

All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

Everyone wants to transform, but nobody wants to change.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.