91 Atomic Habits Quotes to Supercharge Your Life

“With the same habits, you’ll end up with the same results.”

James Clear

“Success is the product of daily habits, not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.”

James Clear

“The goal is not to read a book. The goal is to become a reader.”

James Clear

“People who make a specific plan for when and where they will perform a new habit or more likely to follow through.”

James Clear

“I have never seen someone consistently stick to positive habits in a negative environment.”

James Clear

“If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.”

James Clear

“Research has shown that people would track their progress on goals like losing weight, quitting smoking, and lowering blood pressures are all more likely to improve than those who don’t.”

James Clear

“When a habit is truly important to you, you have to be willing to stick to it in any mood. Professionals take action even when the mood isn’t right.”

James Clear

“A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.”

James Clear

“If you find yourself watching too much television, for example, then unplug it after each use. Only plug it back in if you can say out loud the name of the show you want to watch.”

James Clear

“Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years.”

James Clear

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”

James Clear

“Habits seem to make little difference on any given day, and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous. It is only when looking back two, five, or perhaps ten years later that the value of good habits and the costs of bad ones become strikingly apparent.”

James Clear

“When we repeat 1% errors, day after day, by replicating poor decisions, duplicating tiny mistakes and rationalizing little excuses, our small choices compound into toxic results.”

James Clear

“Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.”

James Clear

“The most powerful outcomes are delayed.”

James Clear

“Mastery requires patience.”

James Clear

“All big things come from small beginnings.”

James Clear

“The only way to actually win is to get better each day.”

James Clear

“We think we need to change our results, but the results are not the problem. What we really need to change are the system that cause those results.”

James Clear

“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.”

James Clear

“The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.”

James Clear

“Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.”

James Clear

“Few things can have a more powerful impact on your life than improving your daily habits.”

James Clear

“Behavior that is incongruent with the self will not last.”

James Clear

“True behavior change is identity change. You might start a habit because of motivation, but the only reason you’ll stick with one is that it becomes part of your identity.”

James Clear

“Improvements are only temporary until they become part of who you are.”

James Clear

“The goal is not to run a marathon. The goal is to become a runner.”

James Clear

“Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs and to upgrade and expand your identity.”

James Clear

“The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.”

James Clear

“If nothing changes, nothing is going to change.”

James Clear

“Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits.”

James Clear

“Ultimately, your habits matter because they help you become the better type of person you wish to be.”

James Clear

“The process of habit formation begins with trial and error.”

James Clear

“Habits are mental shortcuts learned from experience.”

James Clear

“Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.”

James Clear

“We must begin the process of behavior change with awareness.”

James Clear

“One of our greatest challenges in changing habits is maintaining awareness of what we’re actually doing.”

James Clear

“There are no good habits or bad habits. There are only effective habits. That is, effective at solving problems.”

James Clear

“The process of behavior change always starts with awareness.”

James Clear

“Habits like read more or eat better are worthy causes, but these do not provide instructions on how and when to act.”

James Clear

“Motivation is overrated; environment often matters more.”

James Clear

“People often choose products not because of what they are, but because of where they are.”

James Clear

“If you want to make a habit a big part of your life, make the cue a big part of your environment.”

James Clear

“Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.”

James Clear

“Every habit should have a home.”

James Clear

It is easier to build new habits in a new environment because you are not fighting against old cues.”James Clear

“The people with the best self-control are typically the ones we need to use it the least.”

James Clear

“Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop.”

James Clear

“It is the anticipation of a reward, not the fulfillment of it, that gets us to take action.”

James Clear

“Desire is the engine that drives behavior. Every action is taken because of the anticipation that precedes it. It is the craving that leads to the response.”

James Clear

“As a general rule, the closer we are to someone, the more likely we are to imitate some of their habits.”

James Clear

“New habits seem achievable when you see others doing them every day.”

James Clear

“Surround yourself with people with the habits you want to have yourself. You’ll rise together.”

James Clear

Many of our daily habits are imitations of people we admire.”James Clear

“Neurologists have discovered that when emotions and feelings are impaired, we actually lose the ability to make decisions.”

James Clear

“Reframing your habits to highlight their benefits rather than their drawbacks is a fast and lightweight way to reprogram your mind and make a habit seem more attractive.”

James Clear

“The key to finding and fixing the causes of your bad habits is to reframe the associations you have about them.”

James Clear

“Every behavior has a surface-level craving and a deeper underlying motive.”

James Clear

“When preparations become a form of procrastination, you need to change something.”

James Clear

“The more you repeat an activity, the more the structure of your brain changes to become efficient at that activity.”

James Clear

“Repeating a habit leads to clear physical changes in the brain.”

James Clear

“Habits form based on frequency, not time.”

James Clear

“To build a habit, you need to practice it.”

James Clear

“The amount of time you’ve been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it.”

James Clear

“If you can make your good habits more convenient, you’ll be more likely to follow through on them.”

James Clear

“The central idea is to create an environment where doing the right thing is as easy as possible.”

James Clear

“The greater the friction, the less likely the habit.”

James Clear

“Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.”

James Clear

“A habit can be completed in just a few seconds, but it can also shape the actions that you take for minutes or hours afterward.”

James Clear

“The point is to master the habit of showing up.”

James Clear

“Standardize before you optimize. You can’t improve a habit that doesn’t exist.”

James Clear

“The best way to break a bad habit is to make it impractical to do.”

James Clear

“Using technology to automate your habits is the most reliable and effective way to guarantee the right behavior.”

James Clear

“We are more likely to repeat a behavior when the experience is satisfying.”

James Clear

“What is rewarded is repeated. What is punished is avoided.”

James Clear

“A habit needs to be enjoyable for it to last.”

James Clear

“Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures like moving paper clips, hair pins, or marbles provide clear evidence of your progress.”

James Clear

“Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.”

James Clear

“One of the most satisfying feelings is the feeling of making progress.”

James Clear

“Never miss twice. If you miss one day, try to get back on track as quickly as possible.”

James Clear

“The more immediate and more costly a mistake is, the faster you will learn from it.”

James Clear

“To make bad habits unsatisfying, your best option is to make them painful in the moment.”

James Clear

“The secret to maximizing your odds of success is to choose the right field of competition.”

James Clear

“Habits are easier to perform and more satisfying to stick with, when they align with your natural inclinations and abilities.”

James Clear

“The more you master specific skill, the harder it becomes for others to compete with you.”

James Clear

“Pick the right habit and progress is easy. Pick the wrong habit and life is a struggle.”

James Clear

“The Goldilocks rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities. Not too hard, not too easy, just right.”

James Clear

“Boredom is perhaps the greatest villain of the quest for self-improvement.”

James Clear

“Reflection and reviews enables the long-term improvement of all habits because it makes you aware of your mistakes and helps you consider possible paths for improvement.”

James Clear

“Success is not the goal to reach or a finish line to cross. It is a system to improve, an endless process to refine.”

James Clear