35 Inspirational David Goggins Quotes about Life and Success

David Goggins is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, motivational speaker, and author. David Goggins Quotes on Success inspires you to take action so that you may live your dreams.

He has completed over 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons, setting new course records, he once held the Guinness World Record for pull-ups completing 4,030 in 17 hours, he is a retired United States Navy SEAL.

David Goggins Quotes

1. “My happiness is my reflection on the suffering during my journey and knowing that I never quit nor was I guided by anybody on this earth.” – David Goggins
2. “The only reason why I became successful was that 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.” – David Goggins
3. “No one is going to come to help you. No one’s coming to save you.” -David Goggins
4. “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
5. “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
6. “My happiness is my reflection on the suffering during my journey and knowing that I never quit nor was I guided by anybody on this earth.” -David Goggins
7. “It’s so easy to be great nowadays because everyone else is weak. 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
8. “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
9.  “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.”
10. “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
11. “Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self.” -David Goggins
12. “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
13. “If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness.” – David Goggins
14. “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.” -David Goggins
15. “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.” -David Goggins
16. “Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.” -David Goggins
17. “You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth.” -David Goggins
18. “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.” -David Goggins
19. “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 non-cognitive skills – hard work, dedication, sacrifice – that will set you apart.” -David Goggins
20.  “You will never learn from people if you always tap dance around the truth.” -David Goggins
21. “Fear is my ultimate guide” -David Goggins
22. “The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself.” -David Goggins
23.  “You are stopping you, you are giving up instead of getting hard.” -David Goggins
24. “We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.” -David Goggin
25. “Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true test of life.” -David Goggins
26. “Most people who doubt you doubt you because they can never see themselves doing what you are trying to do.” – David Goggins
27. “Even if you are hurting, never let your competition see the look of defeat or even vulnerability on your face.” – David Goggins
28. “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
29. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.” -David Goggins
30. “If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing something, usually you can’t achieve it.” David Goggins
31. “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.” – David Goggins
32. “Stop making excuses. Stop being a victim. Take personal responsibility.” -David Goggins
33. “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
34. “You can will yourself to do almost anything you want.” – David Goggins
35. The biggest thing is to stop thinking you deserve anything. You, me, or anyone else doesn’t deserve shit! So whenever you think you deserve a day off “just because”…rethink that shit! It’s that kind of attitude that makes you like most people. – David Goggins

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