There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.
JORDAN PETERSONCompare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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Who cares if you are the prime minister of Canada when someone else is the president of the United States?
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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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We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness.
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If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self.
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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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There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.
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Much of happiness is hope.
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Anyone who was out to change the world by changing others was to be regarded with suspicion. The temptations of such a position were too great to be resisted.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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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.
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So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of wisdom.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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