Self-discipline has a bigger ...

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
 Charles Duhigg

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
 George S. Patton
We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in.
 Steven Pressfield
See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.
 Yagyu Munenori

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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
 Charles Duhigg
There’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves, but a group will convince them to suspend disbelief. A community creates belief.
 Charles Duhigg
However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consiously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. You must know you have control and be self-conscious enough to use it -- and every chapter in this book is devoted to illustrating a different aspect of why that control is real.
 Charles Duhigg
If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
 Charles Duhigg