If you’re like most moms, you’re constantly trying to find ways to simplify your life and make time for the things that matter most. One of the best ways to do this is by creating routines and habits. Routines can help you stay organized and on task, while habits can help you get in the groove of things and avoid procrastination.
In this post, we’ve collected 32 inspiring quotes about routines and habits. Whether you’re looking for advice on how to create a routine or just need some motivation to stick to your current routine, these quotes will help encourage, empower, and inspire! So read on, dear momma, and be encouraged!
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Is there a difference between habits and routines
In many self-help circles we may see habits and routines thrown around nearly interchangeably, but this intermixing of uses may not be correct.
It is true that habits and routines are established, regular activities, but habits take place without much or any conscious thought, whereas routines need more intention and effort.
Routines may be formed into habits with enough time and the correct approach, but it is not a simple, unconscious process.
So as we are encouraged and inspired by these quotes about habits and routines, I will separate the list into two distinct sections.
Quotes about habits
Habits happen without much thought, therefore there is the opportunity to have good and bad habits. Bad habits can be corrected when we are routinely avoid them, additionally good habits can be built with intentional practice.
These quotes on habits will encourage to you break the bad habits which may be hindering you overcoming overwhelm as well as inspire you to build habits that will help you achieve long term success.
Successful people are simply those with successful habits.
– Brian Tracy
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
– Aristotle
Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
– Vince Lombardi
Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.
– Sean Covey
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
– Jim Rohn
The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.
– Thomas Edison
The best way to teach your children is to consistently do what you wish to tell them. In the long run, our habits are the best predictors of their future.
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits.
– Steven Pressfield
The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
– Feodor Dostoevski
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
– Warren Buffet
Habits are safer than rules; you don’t have to watch them. And you don’t have to keep them, either. They keep you.
– Frank Crane
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it.
– Horace Mann
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
– Georges Gurdjieff
The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.
– Doug Henning
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they’ll eventually conquer you.
– Unknown
Quotes about routines
Routines are the plans we intentionally build to help us create better habits. Routines are what help us to be healthy, happy, and successful. Here are some quotes about routines that will help you make positive and longstanding changes in your own life.
Routines get a bad rap because they can feel restrictive or confining at times. But when done correctly, routines are actually what free us!
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
You do not need approval from anyone in order to create routines that prioritize rest
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret to your success is found in your daily routine.
– John C. Maxwell
Your future is found in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally!
– Paula White
Routines help build boundaries, and boundaries help you maintain routines
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.
– Darren Hardy
The secret of success is found in the consistency of the routine
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine
– Mike Murdock
A champion doesn’t become a champion in the ring, he’s merely recognized in the ring. His “becoming” happens during his daily routine.
– Joe Louis
My daily routine is to make every day the best day.
– David Wolfe
Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.
– Twyla Tharp
Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve every day. Goals provide your daily routine
– Rick Pitino
The big things that come our way are … the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.
– William Feather
Look for magic in the daily routine
– Lou Barlow
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Creativity doesn’t just happen – you make it happen. Changing daily routines is one way to access creativity.
– Nita Leland
Daily routines are like a centering device to my day, when things get off track, I can simply jump into routine and find space for rest.
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
A daily routine without space for rest is a roadmap for disaster.
– Ashley Nicole, Undoubted Grace
I can predict the long-term outcome of your success if you show me your daily habits.
– John Maxwell
Start building better habits and routines today
So, how do you go about creating these positive habits? It can be tough to make changes on your own, but luckily we have a few resources that might help. First, download our free Productivity Journal. This journal is full of helpful tips and encouragement for setting goals and sticking to routines. Second, consider working with a coach or counselor who can support you in making lasting change. Finally, don’t forget to celebrate your progress along the way! Acknowledge yourself for taking steps towards healthier living, no matter how small they may seem. What are some healthy habits you’d like to start this year?