Process
187 quotes: 6 by Keith Craft, 181 from other voices.
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- Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
- Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!
- Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gather it little by little.
- Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.
- Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
- Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.
- Method is the very hinge of business; and there is no method without punctuality.
- Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are the most important things in life.James AllenSourced
- New goals don’t deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.
- No great thing is created suddenly.
- No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
- No matter how small the step, forward is forward.
- No matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you won't be happy achieving it.
- No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
- Nobody wants to show you the hours and hours of becoming. They’d rather show the highlight of what they’ve become.
- Not only great happiness but great power arises from doing little things unselfishly, wisely, and perfectly, for life in its totality is made up of little things.
- Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him to prepare the world for his coming.
- Nothing great, said Epictetus, is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is.
- Nothing important comes into being overnight; even grapes and figs need time to ripen.
- Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
- One step at a time is all it takes to get you there.
- One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; that which grows slowly endures.
- Our follies and errors are the soiled steps to the Grecian temple of our perfection.
- Passion alone can’t cut it. For passion to survive it needs structure. A why without how has little probability of success.
- Peace and joy are not at the top of the mountain, but in every step of the journey.
- Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.
- Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
- Pixar has been a marathon, not a sprint. There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.
- Progress isn’t linear. Success isn’t linear. Science isn’t linear. Growth isn’t linear. Life isn’t linear. Just because something feels like a step backwards doesn’t necessarily mean it is.
- Remember, don’t try to build the greatest wall that’s ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.
- Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
- Repetition is the mother not only of study, but of education.
- Rising to great place is by a winding stair.
- Rome was not built in one day.
- Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour. You don’t have to do it all today. Just lay a brick. That’s how you build an empire.
- Routine is a terrible master, but she is a servant whom we can hardly do without. Routine as a law is deadly. Routine as a resource in the temporary exhaustion of impulse and suggestion is often our salvation.
- Sands form the mountains, moments make the year.
- Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.
- Slow but steady wins the race.
- Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.