Prime Yourself to Win Quotes

“You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

“The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.”

“He that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.”

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”

“Your morning sets the tone for the rest of your day.”

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

“Win the morning, win the day.”

“How you start your day is how you live your day.”

“The early morning has gold in its mouth.”

“Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it.”

“If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.”

“Think in the morning. Act at noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep at night.”

“A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”

“Getting sunlight in your eyes first thing in the morning is absolutely vital to mental and physical health.”

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from evil.”

“The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.”

“Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions.”

“Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”

“The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”

“Flow is an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.”

“Inspiration is for amateurs—the rest of us just show up and get to work.”

“If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.”

“Growth is the only evidence of life.”

“In this world you're either growing or you're dying, so get in motion and grow.”

“Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.”

“Import energy. Export entropy.”

“You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.”

“The secret to high performance isn't our biological drive to reduce tension but our third drive, to learn, to create, and to do better.”

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”

“Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to. Creative individuals don’t have to be dragged out of bed; they are eager to start the day. This is not because they are cheerful, enthusiastic types. Nor do they necessarily have something exciting to do. But they believe that there is something meaningful to accomplish each day, and they can’t wait to get started.”