Laini Taylor Quotes

If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

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

It is much easier to start something than to finish it.

It's important to complete things and finish what you started.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Write as well as you can and finish what you start.

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

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.

I'm not always as disciplined as I should be. I don't sit down and write every day, but I should.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

I have to watch out for being lazy.

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

I had to create some good work habits and attitude.

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.

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.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

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.

You don't have any days to spare if you want to improve!

I never talk about work in progress because once I talk about it I don't do it anymore.