Jordan Bernt Peterson is a famous Canadian psychologist, author, academic, and media commentator. He gained recognition in 2010 when his speeches became popular and his opinions on politics and public affairs were seen as impressive and intellectual. People were so impressed by his speeches that they even turned some of the Jordan Peterson quotes into posters and displayed them in their rooms. His motivational books, such as “12 Rules for Life” (2018), “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life,” and “Maps of Meaning,” received positive feedback from readers and sold millions of copies worldwide.
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He also has his own YouTube channel ‘Jordan B. Peterson’, which has over 7 million subscribers and continues to grow! His teachings, books, and philosophies inspire people to give their best in life. Let’s take a look at some of the inspiring quotes by Jordan Peterson.
1. Don’t be afraid to dream big and work on it.
“The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it.”
2. Don’t waste time thinking about failure or success, take the first step and see for yourself.
“It’s better to do something badly than to not do it at all.”
3. Being weak is more dangerous to society than being tough.
“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
4. Stop being a pushover and stand your ground.
“If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards. And they will push you, and push you, and push you, until you fall off a cliff.”
5. Gratitude goes a long way…
“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order.”
6. Don’t stop yourself from expressing your opinions- ever.
“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
7. Compete with yourself to improve.
“You should be better than you are, but it’s not because you’re worse than other people. It’s because you’re not everything you should be.”
8. Know your weaknesses before knowing your strengths.
“I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.”
9. Do one thing at a time and give it your all to see the best results!
“Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens.”
10. Learning something new is like taking birth again!
“To learn is to die voluntarily and be born again, in great ways and small.”
11. Speak your mind without hesitation.
“If you don’t say what you think then you kill your unborn self. When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
12. Pay the price for trying and failing and learning from it or pay the price of not doing anything and then regretting it.
“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.”
13. Your only competitor is you.
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”
14. Try breaking the glass ceiling instead of being stuck inside it.
“Don’t be a slave to stupid rules.”
15. Don’t stay stuck with the same wins, try to challenge yourself.
“You might be winning but you’re not growing, and growing might be the most important form of winning.”
16. Expose yourself to your fears to bounce back through every difficulty in life.
“The way that you make people resilient is by voluntarily exposing them to things that they are afraid of and that make them uncomfortable.
17. Become an example yourself before preaching to others.
“Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.”
18. Overcome bad habits to move forward in life.
“If you aren’t moving forward in your life there is some idea, mode of action, or habit you’re so in love with you won’t let go of it.”
19. Do what you imagine yourself doing- it will lead you to the dreams you wish to come true!
“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.”
Tell us which of the above Jordan Peterson quotes are you posting on your study table to inspire you every day!