James Clear
American author and habits writer, born 1986
90 quotes.
Quotes by James Clear
- A goal is a desired outcome. A strategy is a desired outcome combined with a plan for achieving it. Create strategies, not goals.
- A habit missed once is a mistake. A habit missed twice is the start of a new habit.
- Adversity reveals strength. Comfort reveals weakness.
- Always be excited about the possibilities. Never be entitled to them.
- Any moment can be a meditation if you are in control of your attention.
- Authenticity is the gap between your thoughts and your actions. The smaller the gap, the more genuine the lifestyle.
- Be forgiving with your past self. Be strict with your present self. Be flexible with your future self.
- Be loyal to your future, not your past.
- Be thankful for your failures. They reveal the winning strategies.
- Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
- Before you dream about the view from the summit, ask yourself if you’re willing to keep your head down, focus on the path, and spend your life walking up the side of a very big hill. It takes years of walking to earn a minute at the top.
- Build the habits that shape your future, not the ones that entertain your present.
- Can my current habits carry me to my desired future?
- Chase results, and maybe you’ll win. Chase growth, and you’ll win every day.
- Complaining increases the weight of the burden.
- Consistency before intensity. Start small and become the kind of person who shows up every day. Build a new identity. Then increase the intensity.
- Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
- Discipline, consistency and patience. If you lack these, you won’t grow.
- Don’t put in average effort and claim that you want exceptional results.
- Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
- Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
- Externally, be humble. Internally, be confident.
- Focus is the art of knowing what to ignore.
- Focus on building habits, not chasing outcomes.
- Focus on your current trajectory, not your current results.
- For those who expect everything, there are many curses. For those who appreciate everything, there are many blessings.
- Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
- Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
- Gratitude is what you feel when you want what you already have.
- Guilt lives in the past. Worry lives in the future. Peace lives in the present.
- Habit formation is the art of becoming someone new.
- Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
- How would the person I wish to be act today?
- If the only reason you’re not pursuing a dream is because of the length of time it will take to achieve it, you should start right now. Think long-term.
- If you have good habits, time becomes your ally. All you need is patience.
- It is better to start as a fool and learn from your mistakes than to fake being a genius and ignore your errors.
- It is not our job to judge our own work. It is our job to create it, to pour ourselves into it, and to master our craft as best we can.
- It’s better to be alone than to spend time with toxic people. It’s better to do nothing than to work on something that doesn’t matter. It’s better to rest than to climb the wrong mountain.
- It’s better to do less than you hoped than nothing at all. No zero days.
- Knowledge is the compound interest of curiosity.