Your Future Self Will Thank You Quotes

“Addicts are not an isolated subset of the population. We all have the potential for addiction.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“as my friend Skye Jethani says, “Boredom is a prerequisite to spiritual growth.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Dopamine directs your focus toward the desired object and urges you to pursue it.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Without a healthy attachment to God, we’re more likely to fall prey to destructive thinking and behaviors.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Wallowing in my guilt merely makes me sin more. Confession gives me a fresh start and I don’t want to mess it up.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit,” wrote the sixteenth-century theologian Desiderius Erasmus.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“If you’re trying to build new habits in your life, introduce them one at a time.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“simply understanding how habits work makes them easier to control.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“using your willpower makes it stronger over time.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Willpower is limited. It runs out, leaving you vulnerable to sin.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“The power of habit can be leveraged to build all kinds of healthy practices into our life, like regular prayer, Bible reading, and acts of service.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“if you want to grow your willpower, start doing hard things. Read a challenging book. Go for a run. Learn a foreign language.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Regardless of how much self-control you have naturally, it turns out there’s an awful lot you can do to improve it.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Self-control is like a muscle. The more you work it, the stronger it gets.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“The first job of self-control is resisting the temptation to put yourself first.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Ultimately, mastering yourself is only accomplished by being mastered by God.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Whenever you lose control, someone else always finds it.” These were the words of my high school English teacher Mr. Sologar on our first day of class. They didn’t have anything to do with literature or grammar, but I guess he wanted to kick off the class with a life lesson. It was a good one. If we acted up at home, he explained, control of our lives would swiftly transfer to our parents in the form of lost privileges or being grounded. The same was true at school. If we abused our freedom in the classroom or in the hallways—and we did!—we’d find ourselves in the principal’s office or confined to detention. If we got really crazy and decided to break the law, the legal system would step in to curtail our freedom. “No, control is never truly lost,” he repeated in his thick Indian accent. “If you fail to control yourself, others will control you.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“In a beautiful twist of biblical irony, submission leads to victory. Surrender produces freedom. As you are liberated from the tyranny of self, you’re able to experience God’s best for your life.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“As the witty football coach Lou Holtz once remarked, “After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.” —JOHN MILTON”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“As the monk Thomas Merton wrote, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Jenkins asked Graham about his habit of searching the Scriptures. “Wherever I am in the world, in someone’s home, my home, a hotel room, here in my office, anywhere, I leave my Bible open where I’ll notice it during the day. Every time I see it, I stop and read a verse or two, or a chapter or two, or for an hour or two. And this is not for sermon preparation; it’s just for my own spiritual nourishment.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“It’s not that I pursue bad goals; I just have a tendency to leave God out of it. I go to church on Sunday, maybe even attend a prayer meeting or Bible study during the week—and then go back to living my “regular” life. Rarely do I pause to reflect on how everything I do—from attending meetings to returning emails to teaching my daughter how to ride a bike—connects to spiritual reality.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“we can only do what we love. When we succumb to sin, it’s because in that moment, we loved something else—pleasure, pride, comfort—more than God. We will always operate out of our loves. That means we must rightly order our hearts, taking special care to ensure we are not worshiping anything or anyone other than God.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Self-control, then, is about listening and obeying. It’s not self-determined. It means submitting every decision we make to God. It’s about surrendering.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“When we power down our devices and step outside into the natural light of God’s creation, our souls are restored.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“Why do I say that love is balanced by self-control?” he once asked in a sermon. “Because love is self-giving, and self-giving and self-control are complementary, the one to the other. How can we give ourselves in love until we’ve learned to control ourselves? Our self has to be mastered before it can be offered in the service of others.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“When I fail to confess my sins, I’m more likely to sin again What’s one more sin, I think. I’m already messing up. Researchers have a name for this phenomenon too. They call it the “What-The-Hell Effect.” Basically, it means that after messing up, we tend to mess up even more.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“There’s one task that takes a lot of willpower for me: writing. It’s hard! Some people say they love writing. But if I’m honest, I love having written.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

“when self-control is functioning properly, it helps people avoid scandal and embarrassment. It’s an invisible virtue, operating behind the scenes to sustain a healthy, holy life.”
― Drew Dyck, Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science