black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.

Jordan Peterson

You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you.
JORDAN PETERSON

Death Deep Life Time Wisdom
There are some games you don’t get to play unless you are all in.
JORDAN PETERSON

Game Play Success
Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
JORDAN PETERSON

People Reality Willing
Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
JORDAN PETERSON

Death Different Life Right
When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
JORDAN PETERSON

Death Politics Sick
You should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
JORDAN PETERSON

Be Yourself Sacrifice Worth
It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.
JORDAN PETERSON

Company Improvement Live People Yourself
Begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
JORDAN PETERSON

Beginning Responsible Yourself
Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
JORDAN PETERSON

Compare Inspirational Self Love Yourself
You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.
JORDAN PETERSON

Choice Deep Pay Yourself
Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.
JORDAN PETERSON

Age Inspirational Skill Success
Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
JORDAN PETERSON

Born Death Destruction Force Learning
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.
JORDAN PETERSON

Children Difficult Forever Friendship Learning
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.
JORDAN PETERSON

Believe Important Responsibility Truth
You remember the past not so that it is “accurately recorded,” to say it again, but so that you are prepared for the future.
JORDAN PETERSON

Future Past Preparation Remember Yourself
Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.
JORDAN PETERSON

Person Yourself

It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jordan Peterson Quotes