Time Required Quotes

You can't suddenly say, 'I want a brand new habit tomorrow,' and expect it to be easy and effortless.

It takes time to change established mindset. It is a difficult task. But we have five years. This is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people's task.

It does not happen all at once. There is no instant pudding.

Man cannot be transformed from bad to good overnight.

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

It takes time to learn to draw. It takes years, not a few weeks.

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

You can't plant a seed and pick the fruit the next morning.

Unless the desire to change remains strong, body and mind tend to return to old, familiar patterns. It takes time-from three to six months-for old habits to become obsolete. By the end of that time, you'll have adapted to a new pattern. In a sense, you'll have found a new way of life.

It's funny: it takes a while to really get your character. It's impossible to do it on the first day. That's the same way in films; if you start shooting a film, maybe a couple weeks in, you're like, "Ah! Now I think I really get him."

Reversing structural problems in our economy that have been building up for two decades, that was gonna take time. It was gonna take more than a year. It was gonna take more than two years. It was gonna take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.