思考→言葉→行動→習慣→性格→運命

思考に気をつけなさい、それはいつか言葉になるから

言葉に気をつけなさい、それはいつか行動になるから

行動に気をつけなさい、それはいつか習慣になるから

習慣に気をつけなさい、それはいつか性格になるから

性格に気をつけなさい、それはいつか運命になるから

Quote Investigator: The earliest evidence of a closely matching expression located by QI was published in a Texas newspaper feature called “What They’re Saying” in May 1977. The saying was ascribed to the creator of a successful U.S. supermarket chain called Bi-Lo:

“Watch your thoughts, they become words;

watch your words, they become actions;

watch your actions, they become habits;

watch your habits, they become character;

watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

FRANK OUTLAW

Late President of the Bi-Lo Stores

「行動→習慣→性格→運命」はもう少し早い

これは「watch」を含まない

In 1856 a newspaper in Colchester, England

”Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.”

You sow an act, you reap a habit (acts repeated constitute habits);

you sow a habit, you reap a character;

you sow a character, you reap a destiny.

人が蒔いたものは、必ず刈り取られる。

行為を蒔けば、習慣を刈り取る（行為の繰り返しが習慣となる）。

習慣を蒔けば、性格を刈り取る。

性格を蒔けば、運命を刈り取る。