Jordan Peterson on Perseverance Quotes

"You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but you can be made strong enough to face them."

"When you have something to say, silence is a lie."

"Strengthen the individual. Start with yourself. Take care of yourself."

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

"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're avoiding."

"You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do."

"Adopt as much responsibility as you can possibly withstand."

"Discipline is the only way to freedom."

"Humility is the recognition that you don't know everything you need to know."

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

"You have to sacrifice who you are today for who you could become tomorrow."

"Face the dragon in its lair before it comes to your village."

"You should be a monster, an absolute monster, and then learn how to control it."

"If you can't understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions and then infer the motivation."

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

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

"In the face of suffering, the best response is the adoption of the responsibility of the hero."

"Pick up your damn cross and walk up the hill."

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

"If you're not doing what you're supposed to be doing, you're going to feel terrible."

"The truth is a bedrock that you can build a house on."

"Constraint is the prerequisite for freedom."

"If you surrender your responsibility, you surrender your power."

"Life is suffering. That's clear. There is no more basic, irrefutable truth."

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

"Don't underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces."

"If you don't move forward, you don't just stay where you are; you slide backwards."

"Notice that the opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated."

"The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it."

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

"Action is the only way to test the validity of your thoughts."

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

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