Sean Covey Quotes

We become what we repeatedly do.

Habits change into character.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Pursuits become habits.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

I want to keep upgrading my routines and focus on cleaning them up and being consistent.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids.

Your character is the harvest of your habits.

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.

As you practice things, you get better. I mean I've worked very hard on changing my life and taking what is good about it and trying to jettison the things I think were not good about it. I think the key word is "discipline," focus. I'm always working at it, but I'm not always successful.

We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day.

But who are we, really? Just a bundle of good genes and bad genes mixed with good habits and bad habits. And since there's no gene for coolness or confidence, then being uncool and unconfident are just bad habits, which can be changed with enough guidance and will power.

See what a person is doing every day, day after day, and you'll know who that person is and what he or she is becoming.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

I will form good habits and become their slaves.

Your habits determine your outcomes.

What you do daily determines what you become permanently

Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

Habits are where our lives and careers and bodies are made.