56 Joe Rogan Quotes to Create Your Own Destiny

Love him or hate him, Joe Rogan has arguably one of the biggest platforms online, with perspectives coming in from all directions, including his own. Read 56 quotes outlining his views.

Joe Rogan can not be fit into one box. He is a stand-up comedian and UFC commentator, among other roles. However, what he is currently most known for is his podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience," which is found exclusively on Spotify.

Rogan interviews many interesting individuals on this podcast, some of whom he has come under fire for giving a platform. As recently as the beginning of this year, he came under massive fire for hosting a guest who purportedly spread dangerous misinformation on his channel.

This led to icon musician Neil Young and Joni Mitchell leaving the platform until Spotify removed the podcast. Licensed at a $100 million deal, Spotify chose to keep the podcaster on their streaming service.

The podcast continues with Rogan and his guests unafraid to voice their opinions, even if deemed dangerous or contentious. Therefore, it is no surprise that the comedian has 56 quotes unapologetically expressing his views on success, compassion, comedy, and more.

Joe Rogan's quote: "Greatness and madness are next-door neighbors, and they often borrow each other's sugar." | Image: AmoDays

Joe Rogan Quotes on Living up to Your Potential

"The universe rewards hustle." — Joe Rogan

"If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?" — Joe Rogan

"All the time that you spend complaining, you could instead be hustling. You could be chasing your dream. You could be figuring out what you're doing wrong and improving your life." — Joe Rogan

"I'm obsessed with extreme winners because I think there's madness to it." — Joe Rogan

"One of the most fascinating lessons I've absorbed about life is that the struggle is good." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "The universe rewards hustle." | Image: AmoDays

"I love a success story, but even more than a success story. I like a dude who [expletive] his life up and gets his life together again story." — Joe Rogan

"Life is about the pursuit of excellence. That pursuit is probably more exciting to me now more than ever." — Joe Rogan

"Be the hero of your own story." — Joe Rogan

"Aspire to be the man you pretend to be when you're trying to get laid." — Joe Rogan

"One hundred percent of all haters in the world are unrealized potential." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "I'm obsessed with extreme winners because I think there's madness to it." | Image: AmoDays

"Build confidence and momentum with each good decision you make from here on out and choose to be inspired." — Joe Rogan

"Write down things you want to improve. Write down things you won't tolerate from yourself. Write down things you never want to see yourself do again." — Joe Rogan

"It's very important to help people figure out how to manage life, to help people figure out how to think, help inspire them, help show them what can be gained from setting goals and achieving them and that excellent feeling, and that becomes contagious." — Joe Rogan

"Someone else's success does not equal a failure for you." — Joe Rogan

"Your attitude has a giant effect not just on your life, but on other people's lives around you." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "One of the most fascinating lessons I've absorbed about life is that the struggle is good." | Image: AmoDays

"Haters are all failures. It's 100% across the board. No one who is truly brilliant at anything is a hater." ― Joe Rogan

"Greatness and madness are next-door neighbors, and they often borrow each other's sugar." — Joe Rogan

"Once you understand what excellence is all about, you see how excellence manifests itself in any discipline." — Joe Rogan

"Excellence in anything increases your potential in everything." — Joe Rogan

"That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "Be the hero of your own story." | Image: AmoDays

"Work for that feeling that you have accomplished something. Don't waste your time on this earth without making a mark." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Quotes on His Many Opinions and Perceptions

"Selling your life to sit in a box and work for a machine. An uncaring machine that demands productivity that doesn't understand you and doesn't want to understand you. There's no natural behavior." ― Joe Rogan

"Having the privilege of sitting down and having three-hour long uninterrupted conversations with hundreds of brilliant people is an awesome perspective enhancer." ― Joe Rogan

"People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it." ― Joe Rogan

"When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it." ― Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." | Image: AmoDays

"Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does this by pushing the idea that you have to have faith and that nothing has to be proven." ― Joe Rogan

"I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do." ― Joe Rogan

"What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being – without a doubt." ― Joe Rogan

"You don't want to just be a consumer; you want to be a participant." ― Joe Rogan

"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "Reality really is theater…It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous, and chaotic." | Image: AmoDays

"I think that one of the reasons why people look towards the end of humanity is that people are afraid to die alone. If you die alone, the people you love will miss you, or if they die, you miss them – the sorrow is inevitable. When you truly love someone, the thought of losing them forever is horrible." ― Joe Rogan

"Imagine being a poor person and you find out that the Queen who literally does nothing is making 100 million dollars in a year." ― Joe Rogan

"Reality really is theater…It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous, and chaotic." ― Joe Rogan

"If you attach your mind to any ideology, you're going to be on a road, and that road may or may not lead you in a good direction. But you're gonna stay on that road because you are attached to an ideology. It could be a terrible road, but you stick with it regardless of rational thinking." ― Joe Rogan

"Life is strange. You keep moving and keep moving. Before you know it, you look back and think, 'What was that?'" ― Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "You can't measure what's inside a man's heart." | Image: AmoDays

"No matter how civilized we are and how much society has curbed violent behavior. Human beings still have the same genes they had 10,000 years ago. Our bodies are designed to have a certain amount of physical stress and violence in them. We're designed to run from jaguars and fight to defend our territory." ― Joe Rogan

"You can't measure what's inside a man's heart."― Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Quotes on Kindness And Compassion

"Be cool to people. Be nice to as many people as you can. Smile to as many people as you can, and have them smile back at you." — Joe Rogan

"We have to start treating each other as if we are treating ourselves living another life." — Joe Rogan

"One thing I do know for a fact is that the nicer we are to our fellow human beings, the nicer the universe is to us." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "Treat everyone as if they were you. If we really are one, then I am you, and you are me." | Image: AmoDays

"When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything." — Joe Rogan

"The time you spend hating on someone robs you of your own time." — Joe Rogan

"Treat everyone as if they were you. If we really are one, then I am you, and you are me." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Quotes on His Own Journey through Life

"I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator." — Joe Rogan

"The sensory deprivation chamber has been the most important tool that I've ever used for developing my mind." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "One thing I do know for a fact is that the nicer we are to our fellow human beings, the nicer the universe is to us." | Image: AmoDays

"I had a sense of who I was before I got famous." — Joe Rogan

"I'm afraid of heights. Not unreasonably, but rationally afraid of heights. I think everyone is." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan Quotes on Fitness and Fighting

"The mind is the most important thing of the big picture, and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers." — Joe Rogan

"Martial arts are a vehicle for developing your human potential." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "I see martial arts as a form of meditation." | Image: AmoDays

"The people I know that have the hardest time keeping it together emotionally are people that don't work out." — Joe Rogan

"You only regret the workouts you didn't do." ― Joe Rogan

"I see martial arts as a form of meditation." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "Comedy is really not like any other art form." | Image: AmoDays

Joe Rogan Quotes on the Art of Comedy

"To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me." ― Joe Rogan

"The misconception is that stand-up comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time." ― Joe Rogan

"Comedy is really not like any other art form." — Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan's quote: "To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me." | Image: AmoDays

Some of the most prominent guests to have appeared on "The Joe Rogan Experience" include names like Edward Snowden, Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Quentin Tarantino, and many more.

The podcast has released over 100 episodes this year, releasing three to four this week. If, like Rogan, you are interested in the art of fighting, read these quotes by Master Shifu.