David Goggins Quotes

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.

The only person who was going to turn my life around was me. The only way I could get turned around was to put myself through the worst things possible that a human being could ever endure.

As humans, we’re reading books everyday to try to figure out how to be someone else. What we don’t do is go inside, turn ourselves inside out, and read our own story. You have to look inside to find out what you really want.

The only way that you’re ever going to get to the other side of this journey is by suffering. You have to suffer in order to grow. Some people get it, some people don’t.

Somewhere in your life, there’s going to be a point where you have a decision to make. You’re going to have to choose between taking the easy route and the hard route. A lot of people take the easy route and they have a good life that way. But, the better life was by taking the hard route. You may have 20 years of pain and suffering to try and get past it, but a lot of us die before truly starting our journey.

You gotta start your journey. It may suck, but eventually you will come out the other side on top.

Life is a battle between trying to find more of yourself knowing that the real you is afraid, likes comfort, likes to be patted on the back, and doing what you need to do together better.

The things that we decide to run from are the truth. When you make excuses, you’re running from the truth.

The only reason why I became successful was because I went towards the truth. As painful and as brutal as it is, it changed me. It allowed me, in my own right, to become the person who I am today.

Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.

Self-talk and visualization are the two keys to my success.

Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it.

When you look in the mirror, that’s the one person that you cannot lie to.

We all want to take this four lane highway, but we always step over the shovel. All I did was pick up that shovel and made my own path.

Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?

Everybody wants a quick fix. You may get results, but they won’t be permanent. The permanent results come from you having to suffer.

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.

You’re gonna fail, you’re gonna be in your head, and you’re gonna be saying I’m not good enough. It’s about how you overcome that.

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.

You’re not going to find greatness by looking in a book or by listening to me. I may give you the spark, but you’ve got to go inside yourself to find it.

Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true test of life.

You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth.

Most of this generation quits the second they get talked to. It’s so easy to be great nowadays because most people are just weak, If you have any mental toughness, any fraction of self-discipline – the ability to not want to do it, but still do it – you’ll be successful.

The reason why I put myself through the things I hate doing is because I am callusing my mind. Im training for life so that when something tragic happens in my life, I don’t fall apart. I’m training my mind, my body, my spirit so its all one so that I can handle whatever life is going to throw at me.

The mind is the most powerful thing in the world. The mind has capabilities that are so unknown, and being able to tap into that is on the other side of suffering.

They see me now as the guy who can do 4,000 pull-ups in 24 hours, but what they don’t understand is the journey that got me to this point. Before this, I was the exact opposite of the person I am today.

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 starts getting used to doing shit like this. It’s not fun, but now my mind is used to it.

At the end of the day, hard work may not be enough. You still may fail. But you keep going out there and go after it.

Everyday you’re trying to find more of what you’re capable of – and that’s the big question. What are you capable of? Stop doing the things that you do every day. If you run everyday, go swim.

We like to live our lives on social media with lies about ourselves about how great we are… Get to the source! Fix the problem.

If you ever tell me that I can’t do something, I’m going to let you know, in some way, that I am going to do it.

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 all have the ability to come from nothing to something.

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.

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.

Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence.

There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.

There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.

There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.

There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.

There is no better way to grow as a person than to do something you hate every day.

Before you open your mouth and criticise someone, think about how you would feel if you were the person you were criticising.

It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.

Don’t get mad at others because life is kicking your ass.

Be true to whoever or whatever you are and wear it like a badge of honour. Fit in with one person and one person only: yourself.

It’s about what we do with opportunities revoked or presented to us that determine how a story ends.

Life is a battle between trying to find more of yourself knowing that the real you is afraid, likes comfort, likes to be patted on the back, and doing what you need to do to get better.

The only thing more contagious than a good attitude is a bad one.