Selected Quotes by David Goggins
“The only thing more contagious than a good attitude is a bad one.”
David Goggins, Life
“You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering.”
David Goggins, Goals
"Mental toughness is a lifestyle.”
David Goggins, Life
“Only when you identify and accept your weaknesses will you finally stop running from your past.”
David Goggins, Life
“A warrior is a guy that goes, I’m here again today. I’ll be here again tomorrow and the next day.’ It’s a person who puts no limit on what’s possible.”
David Goggins, Goals
“If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.”
David Goggins, Success
“Everybody wants a quick fix. You may get results, but they won’t be permanent. The permanent results come from you having to suffer.”
David Goggins, Goals
“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.”
David Goggins, Success
“Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it.”
David Goggins, Success, Goals
“I didn’t hang my head, because injuries happen. I’d given it everything I had and when you handle business like that, your effort will not go unnoticed.”
David Goggins, Success
“You must recognize what you are about to do, highlight what you do not like about it, and spend time visualizing each and every obstacle you can.”
David Goggins, Planning
“We live in an external world. Everything, you have to see it, touch it. If you can for the rest of your life, live inside yourself – to find greatness, you have to go inside.”
David Goggins, Life, Success, Goals
“I tried to do so many things to fit in. But when you look in the mirror, that’s the one person you can’t lie to.”
David Goggins, Life
“Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?”
David Goggins, Life
“Comfort zones: If you live in one too long… that becomes your norm. Get comfortable being uncomfortable.”
David Goggins, Life, Goals
“If you want to be one of the few to defy those trends in our ever-softening society, you will have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity, which requires an open mind.”
David Goggins, Goals, Society
“It’s so easy to be great these days, because everyone else is so weak.”
David Goggins, Success, Society
“Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability.”
David Goggins, Success, Life
“Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.”
David Goggins, Management
“You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity.”
David Goggins, Goals
“Life will always be the most grueling endurance sport, and when you train hard, get uncomfortable, and callous your mind, you will become a more versatile competitor, trained to find a way forward no matter what.”
David Goggins, Life
“No one is going to come help you. No one’s coming to save you.”
David Goggins, Life
“The only way we can change is to be real with ourselves.”
David Goggins, Life
“If you’re willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body once connected together, can do anything.”
David Goggins, Goals
“If you want to get better, do the things that no-one else wants to do. Do the things that no-one is even thinking about doing.”
David Goggins, Goals
“There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That’s why it’s okay to be cruel to yourself as long as you realize you’re doing it to become better.”
David Goggins, Goals, Time
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”
David Goggins, Life
“Everyone fails sometimes and life isn’t supposed to be fair, much less bend to your every whim.”
David Goggins, Life
“Never let people who choose the path of least resistance steer you away from your chosen path of most resistance.”
David Goggins, Goals
“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.”
David Goggins, Life
“Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence.”
David Goggins, Life
“Suffering is the true test of life.”
David Goggins, Life
“When you’re in hell, you forget how great you really are because you’re suffering and you forget the great things you’ve done.”
David Goggins, Life
“I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what."
David Goggins, Goals, Success
“It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you.”
David Goggins, Life
“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.”
David Goggins, Life
“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.”
David Goggins, Life, Happiness
“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.”
David Goggins, Life
“Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and that you have other dreams that will take courage to realize…”
David Goggins, Truth, Time, Goals, Courage
“Analyze your schedule, kill your empty habits, burn out the bullshit, and see what’s left.”
David Goggins, Goals
“In every failure a lot of good things will have happened, and we must acknowledge them.”
David Goggins, Life
“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.”
David Goggins, Anger and Fighting
“Refused to compromise who I was to conform to their unwritten rules.”
David Goggins, Goals
“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, Goals
“You can tolerate doubt as a backseat driver, but if you put doubt in the pilot’s seat, defeat is guaranteed.”
David Goggins, Success
“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, Goals
“There is no better way to grow as a person than to do everyday something you hate.”
David Goggins, Goals
“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.”
David Goggins, Life
“It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
David Goggins, Life
“We all have the ability to come from nothing to something.”
David Goggins, Life
“Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.”
David Goggins, Life
“The path to success will leave you callused, bruised, and very tired. It will also leave you empowered.”
David Goggins, Success, Power
“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.”
David Goggins, Life
“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”
David Goggins, Goals
“The pain that you are willing to endure is measured by how bad you want it.”
David Goggins, Goals
“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”
David Goggins, Life
“Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.”
David Goggins, Life
“It’s time to go to war with yourself.”
David Goggins, Goals, Time
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”