Jordan Peterson on Discipline Quotes

"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."

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

"You need to be in the best physical shape you can possibly manage."

"Discipline in the kitchen is just as important as discipline in the gym."

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

"You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal or more than the equal of the things that frighten you."

"Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)."

"Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world."

"Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping."

"Pick up the heaviest thing you can lift and carry it."

"Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens."

"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."

"Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that."

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

"The successful sacrifice of the present for the future—that’s the discovery of the future."

"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."

"You cannot hit a target that you do not see."

"You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take."

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

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

"Cleaning up your room is not just cleaning up your room. It's organizing your field of being."

"Confront the chaos of potential and transform it into the habitable order of reality."

"Do what you can to make yourself useful."

"If you can’t order your own life, you shouldn’t be trying to order anything more complicated than that."

"If you don't choose your sacrifice, your sacrifice will be chosen for you."

"If you don't have a schedule, you are a slave to your own chaos."

"It is not that you need to be a tyrant to yourself to get things done. You need to be a good boss. You need to negotiate with yourself."

"Nothing well-done is insignificant."

"Responsibility is the only thing that gives life meaning. It is the alternative to impulsive pleasure."

"Start by doing what you know you should do."

"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."

"The purpose of the schedule is not to be your own jailer; it is to design the day that you want to have."