Jordan Peterson on Discipline Quotes

"If you can't say no, you're not choosing to say yes. You're just a slave to your own fear of conflict."

"To the postmodernist, there is no such thing as the 'Truth'. There are only your truths and my truths, and the clash between them."

"It’s a luxury to pursue what makes you happy; it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful."

"The Bible is not a book; it is a library. It is the foundational document of Western civilization, describing the structure of being itself."

"Make friends with people who want the best for you."

"Chaos is the foreigner, the stranger, the member of another gang, the rustle in the bushes at night."

"The discipline of the gym translates to the discipline of the mind."

"Discipline is the only way to freedom."

"Sacrifice is the act of giving up something valuable now to get something better later."

"Don't use language that you know to be false."

"You cannot respect yourself until you realize that you have the capacity to be a Nazi prison guard."

"The virgin birth is the idea that the savior is born of the purity of the world, untouched by the corruption of the past."

"Discipline is the bridge between the goals of today and the achievements of tomorrow."

"Aim to be the person at your father's funeral that everyone else can rely on."

"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."

"What you aim at determines what you see."

"If you fulfill your obligations everyday, you don't need to worry about the future."

"Politeness and Compassion are the two aspects of Agreeableness. You can be polite without being compassionate, and vice versa."

"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."

"You must discipline yourself carefully. You must keep the promises you make to yourself, and reward yourself, so that you can trust and motivate yourself."

"Discipline is the only thing that can keep you from being a slave to your own impulses."

"The way that you make yourself safe is by making yourself dangerous and then learning how to control that."

"If you are not a dangerous man, you are not a good man. A good man is a very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control."

"There is no order without the limitation of possibilities."

"If you're not capable of cruelty, you're not capable of empathy. You have to understand suffering to understand how to alleviate it."

"You must determine where you are going, so that you can bargain with yourself, so that you don't end up resentful, vengeful and cruel."

"We don't want power hierarchies; we want competence hierarchies. You want the best surgeon to operate on you, not the most powerful one. You want the best plumber. You want the best carpenter."

"Act so that you can tell the truth about how you act."

"We are the only animals that have discovered that the future can be improved by present-day deprivation."

"Myths are not descriptions of the objective world. They are descriptions of the world as a forum for action."

"Intellect is a sub-trait of Openness. It isn't IQ; it is an interest in abstract ideas and philosophical discussion."

"Attend to the day, but aim at the highest good."

"You cannot have everything. You must choose what to sacrifice."