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Tag: Motivation

"A great athlete is a competetive person, that aggression is driving them forward like it's a primordial moving force. But, it's not haphazard and scattered, it's disciplined and focused."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Feb 16, 2019

Quote taken from Jordan Peterson on Masculinity, Meaning, God And Fatherhood (with Gadi Taub) at 9:22.


"We oppress ourselves personally with our own malevolence and stupidity. And then we're all oppressed by the kind of crushing hand of the social world that molds us in one way and not in another. And then of course nature is doing her best all the time to give birth to us but also to kill us and take us out."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Nov 29, 2018

Quote taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1208 - Jordan Peterson at 1:26:32.


"It's a luxury to pursue what makes you happy. It's a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful. And that doesn't mean it's easy, it might require sacrifice. "

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Jun 10, 2018

Quote taken from Thorbjorn Thordarson | Dr. Jordan B Peterson: Iceland's Channel 2 at 20:20.


"You need to have the capacity for danger, you need to be dangerous. But, you have to learn how to not use it accept when it's necessary and that is not the same as being harmless. Harmless? That's a terrible virtue, it's like a rabbit. There's nothing virtuous about harmlessness. It just means you're ineffectual."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Oct 30, 2018

Quote taken from Jordan Peterson: “There was plenty of motivation to take me out. It just didn't work" | British GQ at 59:54.


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