The first victim of revenge is always the vehicle by which it is carried out.…
Tag: cultural quotes
Absent porn and masturbation, a man’s sexual urges drive him to go out and interact…
The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu, The Art Of War
Dysfunctional people experience anxiety around functional people because their presence highlights and exposes their dysfunction…
The problem with building up walls in response to being hurt is two-fold. First, vulnerability…
Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. Tolkien
Gratitude is all about perspective. Someone returning home from a poor area has a newfound…
Breathing is easy except to someone who has asthma. The ABCs are easy except to…
Waiting for anything is hard when we are discontent with what we already hard. Waiting…
As a human, it’s natural to puzzle over the question of “why?” Why did this…
I am happy for you. I am happy that you found a way out of…
Life has a way of moving the goal posts, kind of like a video game.…
I could not swim. I went to forage camp, and I was in 6th grade.…
Telling the truth produces short-term conflict, but it produces long-term peace. Jordan Peterson
The present moment is the only guarantee we have in life. Everything else is a…
Ants are small and weak, and enslave other ants. Dolphins are large and regal, yet…
You don’t make a man stronger by making other men or women weaker. You don’t…
People who overcome have no need to blame anyone, including themselves. Blame is a loser’s…
We spend so much of our lives trying to become something different and then one…
When we do a good deed that no one sees or acknowledges, it can be…
Anyone who does not have compassion for children and animals cannot be trusted. How we…
Sometimes we don’t find the love we need in people we think owe it to…
Human history is repetitive. The same stories and patterns and behaviors get cycled time and…
In other words, the addiction wasn’t your problem. Your problem was you had a lot…
Addiction is an attempt to escape suffering temporarily. Gabor Mate
Someone who will gossip with you will gossip about you. Someone who will cheat with…
Some things don’t need to be explained to get, they just need meditated on to…
Thanks to pornography, a man can have a brothel in his own home. Steve Gallagher
A memory is the legacy of an experience. Corrupt experiences create bad memories. Wholesome experiences…
Don’t let a temporary temptation do permanent damage to your heart, mind, and relationships. Walk…
Just as our worst moments don’t define us, we shouldn’t define others by theirs. Walk…
The ability to speak freely about a person or past experience or situation or trauma…
When we seek to understand others, we seek to identify the reason or story behind…
Have enough faith in yourself, God, and your processes to know that things will work…
We never want to be in a situation where we need to “get lucky” for…
When you show people love, you give them a good feeling they would otherwise have…
If you are tempted to be angry with your mother, remember that she carried you…
Every good thing we do without being compensated for comes backs to us in the…
If you live long enough, you will realize that the culture you grew up in…
Don’t be the guy who won’t hold the door for anyone without expecting something in…
Porn isn’t real sex. Cocaine isn’t real energy. Alcohol isn’t real courage. Gambling isn’t real…
The ability to entertain one thought and discard another is a human being’s greatest leverage…
Fools wait for a crisis or disaster to take action. Wise people are proactive. Walk…
Freedom is having the power to do what you want but only choosing what benefits…
Do not expect much from people who are suffering. Walk In Integrity
When someone is acting out, we have to figure what moved them away from their…
For many people, the greatest pleasure in life comes from food and sexual stimulation. When…
Changing a belief often involves acknowledging that my private experience is not an accurate indicator…
When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals…
The ultimate form of intrinsic motivation is when a habit becomes part of your identity.…
An unaccountable man is a danger to himself and others. Walk In Integrity
An act consistent with one’s values increases confidence. An act inconsistent with one’s values decreases…
Freedom isn’t about having the opportunity to satisfy every impulse; it’s about having the strength…
A story why something didn’t work out is really just a series of excuses. Walk…
The way to chastity is not to struggle with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some employment, or by reading, or by meditating on other things.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Rene Descartes
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will…
Addiction is a decision. An individual wants something, whatever that something is, and makes a…
We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our…
A pure heart faces the worst kind of evil in this world. But as it…
My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. Alfred Tennyson
True beauty lies in purity of the heart. Mahatma Gandhi
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. John Ruskin,…
The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of regret. US Marine Corps
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. Lou Holtz
A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness…
Discipline equals freedom. Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the…
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook…
Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.…
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. Dalai Lama…
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should…
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain…
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.…
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to…
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. Mortimer J. Adler
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank…
The things that tempt us do not come from external persuasions…they originate from our very…
A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great…
This was thing about temptations. God didn’t take them away. They were there – powerful…
Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want MOST. Impulse is…
Remove yourself from temptation. Don’t even look at something if you know you shouldn’t have…
There are many roads in this world that will guide you to pleasurable, fun, and…
Just because a feeling is natural does not mean it should be indulged. Roseanna White
The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those…
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. Frederick William Faber
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for…
We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?…
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive…
You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself…the height of a man’s success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. …And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.
