David Goggins Quotes To Inspire You To Overcome Any Situation-It is no news that David Goggins is a well-known athlete who has also accomplished a lot in athletics and is determined to stand out among the crowd. For the records he is also referred to as the toughest man alive.
He is an extraordinary individual also known for inspiring millions of people worldwide to becoming the best at what they do.
David Goggins from his humble beginning started out in the military then to running ultra-marathons and along the line he became a leader and a motivational speaker. He has proven and demonstrated too many people all over the world that nearly anything is possible despite how difficult it may seem.
Been one of the best athletes in the world and also a motivational and inspirational speaker there are some wonderful quotes that will inspire you and strengthen you in achieving a lot in life, career and purpose.
Best David Goggins Quotes
“It’s about what we do with opportunities revoked or presented to us that determine how a story ends.”
“From the time you take your first breath, you become eligible to die. You also become eligible to find your greatness and become the one warrior”
“Life is the most brutal endurance sport of all time!”
“If you want to get better, do the things that no-one else wants to do.
“If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.”
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”
“Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it.”
“You may lose the battle of the morning but don’t lose the war of the day.”
“Know why you’re in the fight to stay in the fight! And never forget that all emotional and physical anguish is finite!”
“The more things you can do to get outside of that zone that makes you feel good, the stronger your mind is going to get… It’s not fun, but now my mind is used to it.”
“Mental toughness is a lifestyle.”
“You build calluses on your feet to endure the road.”
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”
“Then I thought of an English middle-distance runner from back in the day named Roger Bannister. When Bannister was trying to break the four-minute mile in the 1950s, experts told him it couldn’t be done, but that didn’t stop him. He failed again and again, but he persevered, and when he ran his historic mile in 3:59.4 on May 6, 1954, he didn’t just break a record; he broke open the floodgates simply by proving it possible. Six weeks later, his record was eclipsed, and by now over 1,000 runners have done what was once thought to be beyond human capability.”
“Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.”
David Goggins Quotes on Discipline and Expectations
“The only way we can change is to be real with ourselves.”
“In the military we always say we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”
“No matter who you are, who your parents are or were, where you live, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability.”
“If you have any mental toughness, if you have any fraction of self-discipline; The ability to not want to do it, but still do it; If you can get through to doing things that you hate to do: on the other side is greatness.”
“A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It’s in your mind. We’re all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.”
“It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
“Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn!”
“Refused to compromise who I was to conform to their unwritten rules.”
“Analyze your schedule, kill your empty habits, burn out the bullshit, and see what’s left.”
David Goggins Quotes on Strength
“Breaking the shackles and stretching beyond our own perceived limits takes hard fucking work—oftentimes physical work—and when you put yourself on the line, self-doubt and pain will greet you with a stinging combination that will buckle your knees.”
“The reason it’s important to push hardest when you want to quit the most is because it helps you callous your mind. It’s the same reason why you have to do your best work when you are the least motivated. That’s why I loved PT in BUD/S and why I still love it today. Physical challenges strengthen my mind so I’m ready for whatever life throws at me, and it will do the same for you.”
“It takes great strength to be vulnerable enough to put your ass on the line, in public, and work toward a dream that feels like it’s slipping away. We all have eyeballs on us. Our family and friends are watching, and even if you’re surrounded by positive people, they will have ideas about who you are, what you’re good at, and how you should focus your energy. That shit is just human nature, and if you try to break out of their box you’ll get some unsolicited advice that has a way of smothering your aspirations if you let.”
“It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you.”
“If you’re not physically and mentally prepared for what life is going to throw at you, then you’re just going to crumble, And then, you’re no good to nobody.”
“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. That forgetting happens the second we give control over our emotions and actions to other people, which can easily happen when pain is peaking. During Hell Week, the men who quit felt like they were running on a treadmill turned way the fuck up with no dashboard within reach. But, whether they ever figured it out or not, that was an illusion they fell for.”
“Having lived the life I’ve lived, and seeing the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me has made me happy.”
Wise David Goggins Quotes to Inspire You
“You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering.”
“In order for me to be the person that I wanted to become, I saw myself as the weakest person (that God) ever created. I wanted to change that into being the hardest man ever created.”
“Our culture has become hooked on the quick-fix, the life hack, efficiency. Everyone is on the hunt for that simple action algorithm that nets maximum profit with the least amount of effort. There’s no denying this attitude may get you some of the trappings of success, if you’re lucky, but it will not lead to a calloused mind or self-mastery. If you want to master the mind and remove your governor, 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.”
“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.”
“It won’t always go your way, so you can’t get trapped in this idea that just because you’ve imagined a possibility for yourself that you somehow deserve it. Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn!”
“The Buddha famously said that life is suffering. I’m not a Buddhist, but I know what he meant and so do you. To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss.”
“Every morning in our lives, we have a choice to make. You have the choice to stay in bed and say ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work out today.’ or ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work hard today.’ That’s your choice that you make every single day of your life. Make the right decision.”
“It’s easier to accept the fact that you’re just not good enough. We all have a lot more than we think we have.”
“Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.”
“You are stopping you, you are giving up instead of getting hard.”
“Always be willing to embrace ignorance, because that is the only way to expand your body of knowledge and body of work. It’s the only way to expand your mind.”
“We are all great. No matter if you think you’re dumb, fat, been bullied, we all have greatness. You gotta find the courage. It’s going to be hard work, discipline, and the non-cognitive skills – hard work, dedication, sacrifice – that will set you apart.”
“We have the ability to go in such a space, if you’re willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body once connected together, can do anything.”
“You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth.”
David Goggins Quotes on Living Life on Your Own Terms
“In the military we always say we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training,”
“We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones. Think of your small accomplishments as kindling. When you want a bonfire, you don’t start by lighting a big log. You collect some witch’s hair—a small pile of hay or some dry, dead grass. You light that, and then add small sticks and bigger sticks before you feed your tree stump into the blaze. Because it’s the small sparks, which start small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn the whole f*cking forest down.”
“I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance.”
“No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you.”
“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”
“like the Taoists say, those that know don’t speak, and those who speak, well, they don’t know jack s*it.”
“Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.”
“Even if you are hurting, never let your competition see the look of defeat or even vulnerability on your face.”
“When you fall down, focus on the solution, not the problem. You might quit or fail 100 times. Keep that clear picture of where you want to be.”
Motivational David Goggins Quotes on the Answer
“Teach yourself that it isn’t ok to take the easy way out. Make sure you are bothered by the things you set out to do but did not complete or make time for in the day.”
“You can will yourself to do almost anything you want.”
“no matter who you are, who your parents are or were, where you live, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability.”
“But you don’t have to let your doubt into the cockpit! You can tolerate doubt as a backseat driver, but if you put doubt in the pilot’s seat, defeat is guaranteed. Remembering that you’ve been through difficulties before and have always survived to fight again shifts the conversation in your head. It will allow you to control and manage doubt, and keep you focused on taking each and every step necessary to achieve the task at hand.”
“Anyone who is of sound mind and body can sit down and think of twenty things in their life that could have gone differently. Where maybe they didn’t get a fair shake and where they took the path of least resistance. If you’re one of the few who acknowledge that, want to callous those wounds, and strengthen your character, its up to you to go back through your past and make peace with yourself by facing those incidents and all of your negative influences, and accepting them as weak spots in your own character. Only when you identify and accept your weaknesses will you finally stop running from your past. Then those incidents can be used more efficiently as fuel to become better and grow stronger.”
“I understand the temptation to sell short, but I also know that impulse is driven by your mind’s desire for comfort, and it’s not telling you the truth. It’s your identity trying to find sanctuary, not help you grow. It’s looking for status quo, not reaching for greatness”
“Heraclitus, a philosopher born in the Persian Empire back in the fifth century BC, had it right when he wrote about men on the battlefield. “Out of every one hundred men,” he wrote, “ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior…”
“We live in a world with a lot of insecure, jealous people. Some of them are our best friends. They are blood relatives. Failure terrifies them. So does our success. Because when we transcend what we once thought possible, push our limits, and become more, our light reflects off all the walls they’ve built up around them. Your light enables them to see the contours of their own prison, their own self-limitations. But if they are truly the great people you always believed them to be, their jealousy will evolve, and soon their imagination might hop its fence, and it will be their turn to change for the better.”
“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realising your true potential.”
“The human body can withstand and accomplish a hell of a lot more than most of us think possible, and that it all begins and ends in the mind.”
Best Quotes on Striving By David Goggins
“Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance.”
“It’s so easy to be great these days, because everyone else is so weak.”
“Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it’s what you do at that moment that determines who you are.”
“I don’t stop when I’m tired; I stop when I’m done.”
“You can tolerate doubt as a backseat driver, but if you put doubt in the pilot’s seat, defeat is guaranteed.”
“We all have the ability to come from nothing to something.”
“Suffering is the true test of life.”
“Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.”
“The path to success will leave you callused, bruised, and very tired. It will also leave you empowered.”
“There is no better way to grow as a person than to do everyday something you hate.”
Best Quotes Extracted From Can’t Hurt Me (a Book by David Goggins)
“Our culture has become hooked on the quick-fix, the life hack, efficiency. Everyone is on the hunt for that simple action algorithm that nets maximum profit with the least amount of effort. There’s no denying this attitude may get you some of the trappings of success, if you’re lucky, but it will not lead to a calloused mind or self-mastery. If you want to master the mind and remove your governor, 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, Can’t Hurt Me
“It won’t always go your way, so you can’t get trapped in this idea that just because you’ve imagined a possibility for yourself that you somehow deserve it. Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn!”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“In the military we always say we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training,”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“We live in a world with a lot of insecure, jealous people. Some of them are our best friends. They are blood relatives. Failure terrifies them. So does our success. Because when we transcend what we once thought possible, push our limits, and become more, our light reflects off all the walls they’ve built up around them. Your light enables them to see the contours of their own prison, their own self-limitations. But if they are truly the great people you always believed them to be, their jealousy will evolve, and soon their imagination might hop its fence, and it will be their turn to change for the better.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“The most important conversations you’ll ever have are the ones you’ll have with yourself.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and that you have other dreams that will take courage to realize, so you don’t die a fucking pussy.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“Heraclitus, a philosopher born in the Persian Empire back in the fifth century BC, had it right when he wrote about men on the battlefield. “Out of every one hundred men,” he wrote, “ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior…”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones. Think of your small accomplishments as kindling. When you want a bonfire, you don’t start by lighting a big log. You collect some witch’s hair—a small pile of hay or some dry, dead grass. You light that, and then add small sticks and bigger sticks before you feed your tree stump into the blaze. Because it’s the small sparks, which start small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn the whole fucking forest down.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
“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 fucking running shoes on. Sometimes I wussed out and had to deal with it at the Accountability Mirror. But facing that mirror, facing myself, motivated me to fight through uncomfortable experiences, and, as a result, I became tougher. And being tough and resilient helped me meet my goals.”― David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me
Final Note
There are many videos of David Goggins you can watch on YouTube, some are interviews and the others are invites to talk to young adults and adults.
He is an inspiration to all and has lived a life worthy of emulation. He once said in one of his interviews about motivation that motivation is the desire, the idea to achieve a certain goal.
So if you are down and need something to remind you of how much you could do here are quotes of David Goddins that can help you through such situations and you can draw great strengths from his motivations.
Reference
cruxrange.com -David Goddins Quotes on Discipline and Expectations
goodreads.com –Author of “Can’t Hurt Me” David Goggins
everydaypower.com –David Goggins Quotes
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