Rodrigo Flamenco

“There will always be people better than you—that’s a cliché of nihilism, like the phrase, In a million years, who’s going to know the difference? The proper response to that statement is not, Well, then, everything is meaningless. It’s, Any idiot can choose a frame of time within which nothing matters. Talking yourself into irrelevance is not a profound critique of Being. It’s a cheap trick of the rational mind.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Men used to expect life to be difficult, today we expect it to be easy and when it proves to be difficult, we break.”
― Chad Howse, The Lost Art of Discipline: The Prerequisite for Victory

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie—and tyranny feeds on lies.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“From this point forward, accept the following as Goggins’ laws of nature: You will be made fun of. You will feel insecure. You may not be the best all the time. You may be the only black, white, Asian, Latino, female, male, gay, lesbian or [fill in your identity here] in a given situation. There will be times when you feel alone. Get over it!”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds