When the object is to raise the permanent condition of a people, small means do not merely produce small effects; they produce no effect at all.
The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Incremental change does not change lives.
I was dubious about the effects of the Alexander Technique when I first went in to experience it, but I found out almost immediately that the benefits were total - both physically and mentally - and, happily, have also been long-lasting.
I think most beauty tips that work and last are kind of old.
If you change your lifestyle, remember it's not a wind sprint, but it's a marathon you're embarked on, and you'll be able to stay there.
Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.
There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.
We only have two hours to change people's lives.
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.
Easy answers are never really useful ones, so hopefully we're not trying to peddle easy answers.
I've worked for some amazing leaders, and I've worked for the opposite, and that gave me the perspective of what I knew I never wanted to be, and the perspective of what had lasting, sustainable impact.
If fitness came in a bottle,everyone would have a great body. Skip the quick fixes;hard work is what ensures lasting results!
My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference.
It's hard and continuous dedication that brings lasting results.
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.
When you look back at your body of work, no matter what your career path, by the time you hang 'em up, if you can say, 'This place is in better shape than when I started,' then you did good.
Oh if at every moment of our lives we could know the consequences of some of the utterings, thoughts and deeds that seem so trivial and unimportant at the time! And should we not conclude from such examples that there is no such thing in life as unimportant moments devoid of meaning for the future?
A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.
Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.
Permanent weight loss doesn’t come with an on and off switch. It is not something you do for a little while and think it is going to change your body.
