The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. The status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.
JORDAN PETERSONConsult your resentment. It’s a revelatory emotion, for all its pathology.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Alongside our wish to be free of rules, we all search for structure.
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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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But we can aim too high. Or too low. Or too chaotically. So we fail and live in disappointment, even when we appear to others to be living well.
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If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
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We believe that in reducing the scope and importance of our errors, we are properly humble; in truth, we are merely unwilling to bear the weight of our true responsibility.
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We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown – and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.
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Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.
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One of the problems with being relatively wealthy if you are a parent is that you cannot provide your children with necessity.
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And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
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The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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