“So think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire upon the sky for all and everything to see. For so, in truth, it is.” – Mikhail Naimy, The Book of Mirdad
“Be the designer of your world …
… and not merely the consumer of it.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits
“Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.” ― James Clear
“All big things come from small beginnings…
… The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating…
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits
“When nothing seems to help, …
… I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it—but all that had gone before.”…
“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits
“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits
“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits
“You do not rise to the level of your goals…
… You fall to the level of your systems.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits