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 PETERSONTruth reduces the terrible complexity of a man to the simplicity of his word.
More Jordan Peterson Quotes
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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If you fulfill your obligations every day you don’t need to worry about the future.
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In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.
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The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but are avoiding.
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There are so many ways that things can fall apart, or fail to work altogether, and it is always wounded people who are holding it together.
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Women select men. That makes them nature, because nature is what selects.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.
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That’s poetic in its malevolence.
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You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
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If a child has not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends.
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Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
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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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You’re not perfect just the way you are. You could be better!
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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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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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