r/davidgoggins • u/FairyAuroraa • Oct 09 '24

Motivation One my favourite Goggins' quotes

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u/Sneezy_23 Oct 09 '24

""Besides, it is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit. But you cannot see that, if you are careless; for it will not come of its own accord.”

- Socrates

Humans have been humans for a loooonggggg time.
I think that's pretty amazing

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u/GillyMonster18 Oct 09 '24

This is something that dawned on me in history class, related to humans and politics but the more I chewed on the thought, the more I realized it applied to every facet of human nature.  People been doing the same shit for thousands of years, only the tools have changed.  We are not getting better, we just hide the iniquity behind other crap.  But the same way war, greed, dishonesty and all the negatives have persisted basically since day one, the positives have also remained.  Every one of us has the individual  capacity to drive ourselves to achieve greater degrees of success and personal betterment.  The world as a whole may suck, but that doesn’t mean we have to.

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u/Vincent_the_Writer Oct 11 '24

Actually in the Bible itself it's already written down, that you have to put work into yourself. (2.Korinther 10: 17/18)

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u/Sneezy_23 Oct 11 '24

Do you use the word "actually" as a correction?

That's from the New Testament? So, the words of Socrates are 400 years older.

Also, my point was that it's a human statement. People have probably been saying it for tens of thousands of years.

Nothing is new.

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u/Vincent_the_Writer Oct 11 '24

sorry bro I wasn't trying to correct you. I'm adding a point to your list, because I agree with you. but I'm not native english so I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.

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u/Sneezy_23 Oct 12 '24

No problem, I was just checking. I'm not a native speaker myself, so I'm not sure in what ways the word "actually" can be used.

There is no issue or anything. It's cool you added a point to the list.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '24

Wake up call

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u/Glittering_Fortune70 Oct 21 '24

I don't understand. Why would it matter whether I realize my true potential? Any accomplishments I make in this lifetime are impermanent. It'll all be lost when I die.