Jordan Peterson on Motivation Quotes

"To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open."

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

"Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do."

"If you don't say what you think then you kill your unborn self."

"Do not hide unwanted things in the fog."

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

"You are not everything you could be, and you know it."

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

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

"If you don't have a goal, you don't have any positive emotion. It is not the attainment of the goal that makes you happy; it is the pursuit of the goal."

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

"It is better to do something badly than to not do it at all."

"It is your responsibility to make your life meaningful, and the way you do that is by taking on responsibilities."

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

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

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

"The secret to your existence is right in front of you, and it manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but you are avoiding."

"The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future."

"You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction. Random wandering will not move you forward."

"Admit to your own insufficiency. It is the prerequisite to improvement."

"Aim low. If you can’t clean your whole room, clean a corner. If you can’t clean a corner, organize a drawer."

"A schedule is not a prison. A schedule is a tool that helps you get what you want out of the day."

"Ask yourself: What is the smallest thing I can do today that will make my life better, that I am actually willing to do?"

"Can you imagine yourself in 10 years if, instead of avoiding the things you know you should do, you actually did them every single day? That’s powerful."

"Confront the chaos of Being. Aim against the sea of troubles. Specify your destination, and chart your course."

"Discipline is the only way to freedom. If you don't discipline yourself, the world will do it for you."

"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."

"Face the demands of life voluntarily. Challenge is the source of meaning."

"If you are not willing to be a fool, you can't become a master."

"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 to the situation."

"You have to negotiate with yourself... You’re not a slave, you’re a free person. You have to say, 'Okay, I’m going to do this, but if I do this, what do I get?'"

"Abandon your ideology. Ideology is a parasite. Instead, look at the world and see what needs to be done."

"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."