Hal Elrod Quotes

Mediocrity has nothing to do with how you compare to other people; it’s simply a result of not making the commitment to continuously learn, grow, and improve yourself.

How you do anything is how you do everything.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. We become the books we read.

Remember this truth: now matters more than any other time in your life, because it’s what you are doing today that is determining who you’re becoming, and who you’re becoming will always determine the quality and direction of your life.

We must realize that the real impact and consequence of each of our choices and actions — and even our thoughts — is monumental, because every single thought, choice, and action is determining who we are becoming, which will ultimately determine the quality of our lives.

To make profound changes in your life, you need either inspiration or desperation.

The degree to which you accept responsibility for everything in your life is precisely the degree of personal power you have to change or create anything in your life.

Those who overcome the temptations of mediocrity and achieve everything they want in life have an extraordinarily compelling why that drives them. They have defined a clear life purpose that is more powerful than the collective sum of their petty problems and the countless obstacles they will inevitably face, and they wake up each day and work towards their purpose.

Considering that our habits create our life, there is arguably no single skill that is more important for you to learn and master than controlling your habits. You must identify, implement, and maintain the habits necessary for creating the results you want in your life, while learning how to let go of any negative habits which are holding you back from achieving your true potential.

Replace your judgments with empathy, upgrade your complaining to gratitude, and trade in your fear for love.

Always seek people who will add value to your life and bring out the best in you. And of course, be that person for others.

You are just as worthy, deserving, and capable of creating and sustaining extraordinary health, wealth, happiness, love, and success in your life, as any other person on earth.

You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year from books. — MATTHEW KELLY

Silence is one of the best ways to immediately reduce stress, while increasing your self-awareness and gaining the clarity that will allow you to maintain your focus on your goals, priorities, and what’s most important for your life, each and every day.

The real purpose of every goal you set is to become the type of person who can consistently set and achieve significant goals.