Colm Toibin Quotes

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

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 knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.

I try to keep a regular work schedule.

When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus.

I don't want to get lost in everything. I just want to keep the same work ethic.

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

Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."

Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

I'm a higgledy-piggledy person in every way. On days that I work, I work for eight hours in a row, with my internet access entirely turned off, locked in my office.

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.