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.
JORDAN PETERSONBut 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.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.
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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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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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It is far better to render beings in your car competent than to protect them.
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Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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The things that pose the greatest threats to your survival are the most real things.
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Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
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Question for parents: do you want to make your children safe, or strong?
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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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There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
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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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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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