1. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.” —David Goggins
2. “Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.” —David Goggins, in his book Can’t Hurt Me 👉 Read our summary!
3. “Stay hard.” —David Goggins
4. “If you want to master the mind […] you’ll have to become addicted to hard work. Because passion and obsession, even talent, are only useful tools if you have the work ethic to back them up.” —David Goggins
5. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.” —David Goggins
6. “Who’s gonna carry the boats!?” —David Goggins
7. “From then on, I brainwashed myself into craving discomfort. If it was raining, I would go run. Whenever it started snowing, my mind would say, ‘Get your fking running shoes on.'”** —David Goggins
8. “We need doctors. We need lawyers. We need dentists. We need teachers. We also need f**king savages. This message I do is not for everybody. I’m not asking you to be like me. Do you.” —David Goggins
9. “The confidence I’d managed to develop didn’t come from a perfect family or God-given talent. It came from personal accountability which brought me self respect.” —David Goggins
10. “They don’t know me son!” —David Goggins
11. “When your mind is telling you that you are done, exhausted and cannot possibly go any further, you are actually 40% done.” —David Goggins
12. “I remember my very first day in the gym back in Indiana. My palms were soft and quickly got torn up on the bars because they weren’t accustomed to gripping steel. But over time, after thousands of reps, my palms built up a thick callous as protection. The same principle works when it comes to mindset.” —David Goggins
13. “The reason it’s important to push hardest when you want to quit the most is because it helps you callous your mind. […] Physical challenges strengthen my mind so I’m ready for whatever life throws at me, and it will do the same for you.” —David Goggins
14. “Sometimes you must go to war with yourself, to fix yourself.” —David Goggins
15. “Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?” —David Goggins
16. “I’m haunted by my future goals, not my past failures. I’m haunted by what I may still become. I’m haunted by my own continued thirst for evolution.” —David Goggins
17. “Merry F**king Christmas!” —David Goggins
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