Manly Chunks of Wisdom

On this episode of Manly Chunks of Wisdom on the Manlihood ManCast, we’ll feature Quotes from Jordan Peterson. Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology. Born on June 12, 1962, in Alberta, Canada, he gained widespread recognition for his critiques of political correctness and advocacy for free speech. Peterson rose to international prominence with his opposition to compelled speech legislation in Canada. He is also a prolific author, with his best-selling book “Maps of Meaning” and the widely successful “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.” Known for his insightful perspectives on psychology, philosophy, and societal issues, Peterson has become a prominent figure in contemporary intellectual discourse.

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“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.” ― Jordan B. Peterson

“To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language).” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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

“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. That’s it.” ― Jordan B. Peterson

“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“If you can’t understand why someone is doing something, look at the consequences of their actions, whatever they might be, and then infer the motivations from their consequences. For example if someone is making everyone around them miserable and you’d like to know why, their motive may simply be to make everyone around them miserable including themselves.” ― Jordan B. Peterson

“If you fulfill your obligations everyday you don’t need to worry about the future.” ― Jordan Peterson

“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is Hell.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities. Strengthen the individual. Start with yourself. Take care with yourself. Define who you are. Refine your personality. Choose your destination and articulate your Being. As the great nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche so brilliantly noted, “He whose life has a why can bear almost any how.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

“Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“If you are not willing to be a fool, you can’t become a master.” ― Jordan B. Peterson

“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion- and even nation-centred cultures, partly to decrease the danger of group conflict. But we are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness, and that is no improvement at all.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The better ambitions have to do with the development of character and ability, rather than status and power. Status you can lose. You carry character with you wherever you go, and it allows you to prevail against adversity.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.” ― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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Welcome to another episode of the Manlihood ManCast, where we explore the timeless wisdom of remarkable men throughout history. Today, we dive into the life and quotes of one of the greatest statesmen and leaders of the 20th century, Sir Winston Churchill. Known for his indomitable spirit and resolute courage, Churchill’s wisdom continues to inspire men to this day. Do you want more Manly Chunks of Wisdom? Go to http://manlihood.com/chunks

Winston Churchill: A Man of Courage and Wisdom:

Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, into an aristocratic British family. He had a remarkable political career, serving as a soldier, war correspondent, and statesman. His courage and wisdom were evident from a young age when he joined the British Army, seeing action in India and the Sudan. Churchill’s resilience and determination were on full display during World War II when he served as Britain’s Prime Minister. His stirring speeches and steadfast leadership rallied his nation during its darkest hours, earning him the title ‘The Bulldog of Britain.’

Quotes from Winston Churchill

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope”

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”

“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”

“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”

“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

“Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”

“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”

“Don’t interrupt me while I’m interrupting.”

As we wrap up this episode of ‘Manly Chunks of Wisdom’ featuring the quotes of Winston Churchill, we’re reminded of the enduring courage, wisdom, and determination of this remarkable man. Churchill’s words serve as a beacon of inspiration for all of us, urging us to stand up for our convictions, face adversity head-on, and always strive for a better tomorrow.

Thank you for joining us today on the Manlihood ManCast. Remember, greatness lies within every man, waiting to be awakened. Stay tuned for more episodes where we explore the timeless wisdom of history’s greatest men.