“Aim to reduce the variability of your behavior day to day. View every choice you make as a commitment to all future choices. So instead of asking, “Do I want to eat this candy bar now?” ask yourself, “Do I want the consequences of eating a candy bar every afternoon for the next year?” Or if you’ve been putting something off that you know you should do, instead of asking “Would I rather do this today or tomorrow?” ask yourself, “Do I really want the consequences of always putting this off?””

- From The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

“The people who are successful decide they are going to be successful. They make that choice. And they make other choices. They decide to study hard. They decide to work hard. They decide to be the first person to get to work and the last to go home. They decide they are going to take on the hard jobs. Take on the challenges. They decide they are going to lead when no one else will.  They choose who they are going to hang around and they choose who they will emulate. They choose to become who they want to become—they aren’t inhibited by nature or nurture. They overcome both.  And I will tell you something else: It is never too late to make that choice. You are never too old to decide where you are going to focus your efforts and push to make the most out of every situation.  So. Think not about what you’ve been through and where you were. Think about where you are going, and choose. Choose to make yourself smarter and stronger and healthier. Choose to work out and study and eat good food and keep your mind clean.  Don’t let nature or nurture make you. Choose to MAKE. YOUR. SELF.”

- From Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink

“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.”

- Goi Nasu

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out."

- Robert Collier

“To be successful, you must be willing to do the things today others won't do in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have.” 

- Les Brown

“The common denominator of success – the secret of success of every person who has ever been successful – lies in the fact that he or she formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.”

- Albert E. N. Gray

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

- Earl Nightingale

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

- Karen Lamb