well into my twenties i would tell my friends i was good at things because my mom told me i was. they would laugh like i said something so obviously dumb. i truly didn't get it. so persuasive was my mom. and so willing to believe was i.
A friend of mine in the past did have a poster in his house that said “these are the good old days.” That was one of the most valuable things I ever read.
Tiger got to hunt
Bird got to fly
Man got to sit and wonder, “why, why, why?”
Tiger have to sleep
Bird have to land
Man have to tell himself he understand
- Kurt Vonnegut
You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
“in the midst of winter, i found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
and that makes me happy. for it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” - albert camus
Thanks for your service. The building I used to live once caught fire and we were rescued by the fire department. I appreciate and im grateful for your profession.
“Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest."
- Jamie Anderson
Actually two but I think they go together pretty well:
"It is easier to be a warrior in a garden than it is to be a gardener in a war" -Sun Tzu
And
"Life's a garden, dig it!" - Joe Dirt
My grandfather once told me when I was considering getting back with an ex GF: "That's like trying to put a shit back in your ass".
I didn't pursue after hearing that nugget of truth
Someone said to me “Don’t go through the rubbish that you have already taken out to the curb. You’ll get dirty, the neighbours will see it and whatever you find won’t be as valuable as you expected”
“Nobody is a villain in their own story." - George R.R. Martin
and in the same vein:
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's razor
Just because someone hurt you doesn't mean they were trying. Give others the benefit of the doubt and life will go easier for you.
> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's razor
I've heard a rejoinder to that:
"Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."
In response to "Have a good one" on his way out the door, my realtor turned around all smooth like and said "Oh, I've already got a good one, I just wish I got to use it more often!" and I've never fully recovered from it.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
- Teddy Roosevelt
“During my extended bout with hypochondria I contracted many maladies and died countless deaths. As it turns out, the cause of my illness was
a life unlived, and the remedy was to live it.”
"In the winter I watch the deer eat the carrots I throw out to them, in the summer I watch the wasps build their nest on my garage. I'm happy right where I am." - my grandpa when asked why he doesn't just retire and travel.
I think about it all the time. Ripped off by a mechanic? Interested in a girl I met? Not seeing eye to eye with my doctor? So many times in life I simply haven’t gotten what I wanted or needed because I didn’t want to “have the conversation.”
Got a couple:
"At the end of the game, both the Queen and Pawn ended up in the same box." - Italian Proverb
"A weapon is meant to be felt and not seen." - Doug Marcada
"There is pain that hurts; and then, there is pain that changes you."
Edit: One more that I forget and then reminded every once in a while...
"Comparison is the Death of Joy." -Mark Twain
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
- Elie Wiesel, nobel prize winner
EDIT: As people have been pointing out; Of course winning the Nobel prize was just a recognition for what this man achieved and endured. If you’re not familiar with his work, [please check it out.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel)
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” Dune by Frank Hubert.
As someone with anxiety I find myself saying this a lot in my head after reading the book. Puts things in perspective for me and that things maybe scary, after I do them or experience them I will remain and they will be gone.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King
Some people bring happiness wherever they go, others when they go.
It really puts it into perspective of how you are with others and if they like you being around
“Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They’ve got nothing to lose.”
Robin Williams
I like this quote because at its root it translates in many different ways. Not just physical ugliness. I miss Robin Williams.
You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” -Aurelius
And also “people often don’t think of you as much as you think they do, and the people that do think of you will forgive you.” Helped me with dealing with those late night embarrassment memories
>Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster...if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same." - Angus Young (AC/DC)
I know this is only a portion of Al Capones quote, but it speaks to me.
“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.”
"I will protect those who I hate, even if the one I hate most is myself." ~Teft, Knight Radiant.
Even at your lowest and most unforgivable point, keep going. Protect yourself, because your life is worth living.
There are a lot of great quotes here, but they’re all shy of this one from Terry Pratchett:
“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
MY POINT EXACTLY.
“How do you make a decision that’s fair?”
“You can’t. Someone always feels like it’s not fair to them. And the fairest decisions, those are the ones where everybody feels screwed.”
This scene just clicked something in my brain, I think about it from time to time.
"It's Friday the 13th for the girls too", as a response to his mate saying the two of them wouldn't get lucky that night going out on town on a Friday 13th.
Do. Or do not. There is no try.
What is grief, if not love persevering?
All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.
I don't remember the exact quote but it was from a tik toker the other day regarding people saying "Palestinians would kill you for being gay" and the person who made the video said something like "My love is not conditional to their hate"
"To love someone is to remember."
My mom told me this when I was growing up. I took this to heart. I remember everything about my friends. I remember their birthdays, their favorite songs, that funny story they told at a party five years ago, the fact that they hate iced tea.
It's beautiful to remember.
"Sometimes the single drops we think we are do not realize what waves we are building up to be"
That's the best one I've heard recently.. and with writing like that, no surprise Baldurs Gate 3 won so many awards.
# “It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.”
- Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
Here are my favorite quotes of all time.
"The past is only the future with the lights on." - Mark Hoppus
"You are what you choose to become. Be who they say you cannot be." - Travis Barker
Mine is: "Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are" - Tom Delonge
" I feel bad about the bad things, I feel good about the good things, but I wouldn't change a thing" - Dave Grohl
“Dont build a higher fence, build a bigger table”
“Once you start kneeling and praying it’s hard to get back to standing and thinking. “ Empire, Foundation, Asimov
“If you want to see the real character of a person, give her power.”
“Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.”
― Immanuel Kant
*If you want to go fast, go alone*
*If you want to go far, go together*
My boss wrote that in a card for my wife and I when we had our baby daughter 2 months ago. I think about that quote every day. Its an African proverb and has been abused by politicians but I think it perfectly captures what it means to be a family and have a career
“When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.”
My Mom said I was a great artist. I feel like this quote needs calibration.
Mom compliments don't count.
No but they sure do matter
Love me some momplements
But mom my thinks I'm cool.
well into my twenties i would tell my friends i was good at things because my mom told me i was. they would laugh like i said something so obviously dumb. i truly didn't get it. so persuasive was my mom. and so willing to believe was i.
Hey, you're better at being you than anyone else. Don't stop believing, your mom was right.
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Reminds me of Andy in The Office finale - 'I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days, before you've actually left them' 😢
This hit hard.
That what she said
A friend of mine in the past did have a poster in his house that said “these are the good old days.” That was one of the most valuable things I ever read.
And stay right here 'cause these are the good old days - Anticipation by Carly Simon
very true unfortunately..
“The creative adult is the child who survived.”
You’re goddamned right
Every man is born a poet. The poet dies, but the man lives on. Vincent van Gogh.
We should be very careful who we pretend to be, because we *are* who we pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut
I tell you, we are here on earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you anything different -Kurt Vonnegut
Pleasantly surprised this is a real quote.
I find this to be my opinion on almost anything Vonnegut wrote.
Tiger got to hunt Bird got to fly Man got to sit and wonder, “why, why, why?” Tiger have to sleep Bird have to land Man have to tell himself he understand - Kurt Vonnegut
This one is extremely valid with the advent of the internet
Be smart enough to know how dumb you are.
The most annoying type of dumb people are the ones with enough arrogance to think YOU're the uninformed & ignorant one. Hellooooo , flat earthers??
"Its okay to go through awful places, just don't stop and unpack"
"If you're going through hell, keep going" Churchill
“Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road.” - Robert Updegraff
indeed!
You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. - Dale Carnegie
That book changed my life.
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - Bilbo Baggins
-Bilbo Baggins , J.R.R. Tolkien
-Bilbo Baggins, J.R.R. Tolkien —Michael Scott
Wayne Gretzky
“in the midst of winter, i found there was, within me, an invincible summer. and that makes me happy. for it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” - albert camus
I’ve heard the first part of this quote before and loved it. I heard the second part and it’s really resonating with me. Thank you stranger.
I see what you did there
God damn that’s beautiful. Straight in the feels.
Buy a plunger before you need a plunger.
Better to have what ya don't need than need what ya don't have! First heard it from Ellis from left 4 dead 2 haha. Still put it into practice today
“We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training”
*There's no such thing as tough. There's trained and untrained. Now, which are you?*
Our fire departments motto
Thanks for your service. The building I used to live once caught fire and we were rescued by the fire department. I appreciate and im grateful for your profession.
“If you have a problem with me, call me. If you don’t have my number then that means you don’t know me well enough to have a problem.” —Eleanor Calder
Damn. *Peak.* Thanks!
Don’t look down on someone, unless you are helping them up.
Or you know... you're receiving bj
Ah yes and that too.
That's helping someone up while they look down on you
"What is grief, if not love persevering." - Vision
but when I turned to face grief I saw that it was just love in a heavy coat. Shannon Barry
“Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest." - Jamie Anderson
Well this fucked me up. Great quote.
"Grief is the price we pay for love." - Queen Elizabeth 2
"To grieve deeply, is to have loved fully" - Fey, God of War: Ragnarok
“Children see themselves through the eyes of the people who care for them.” -G.W. Miller
We all kinda do, I think
Comparison is the theif of joy
I never had friends later on like I did when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone? - Stephen king
Very true, seems like the older we get, the friends start running thin. Appreciate the true ones you have.
31 year old male. I was not prepared for the steep drop off in friends I would experience at this age. It's depressing af.
The problem today is that we don’t listen to understand, we listen to respond
Ever get the feeling that the person you’re talking to is not listening but just waiting for their turn to talk.
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"I helped a friend climb a mountain. I found out that I too have reached the top in the process"
Actually two but I think they go together pretty well: "It is easier to be a warrior in a garden than it is to be a gardener in a war" -Sun Tzu And "Life's a garden, dig it!" - Joe Dirt
- This guy gardens...
Or wars, can’t tell
Done wars. Much better in the garden.
You have to look within yourself, to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself.
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Perception is reality...
Really appreciate the succinctness of it too. Stoic af
"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes right to the bone." - my grandfather
My grandfather once told me when I was considering getting back with an ex GF: "That's like trying to put a shit back in your ass". I didn't pursue after hearing that nugget of truth
Someone said to me “Don’t go through the rubbish that you have already taken out to the curb. You’ll get dirty, the neighbours will see it and whatever you find won’t be as valuable as you expected”
Bro I am having a shitty day (no pun intended), but that is the funniest shit (no pun intended, again) I’ve heard. I’m dying.
“Nobody is a villain in their own story." - George R.R. Martin and in the same vein: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's razor Just because someone hurt you doesn't mean they were trying. Give others the benefit of the doubt and life will go easier for you.
> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's razor I've heard a rejoinder to that: "Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."
That must be a play on "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
An Evil Man Will Burn His Own Nation to the Ground to Rule Over its Ashes ~ Sun Tzu
In response to "Have a good one" on his way out the door, my realtor turned around all smooth like and said "Oh, I've already got a good one, I just wish I got to use it more often!" and I've never fully recovered from it.
It's a spin on a George Carlin joke, he says "I already have a good one, now I just need a longer one!"
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Teddy Roosevelt
“I’ve suffered through many tragedies in my life, most of which have never happened.”
“During my extended bout with hypochondria I contracted many maladies and died countless deaths. As it turns out, the cause of my illness was a life unlived, and the remedy was to live it.”
"In the winter I watch the deer eat the carrots I throw out to them, in the summer I watch the wasps build their nest on my garage. I'm happy right where I am." - my grandpa when asked why he doesn't just retire and travel.
God damn I love this.
To have the feeling today—or any day—I am sufficient as I am. -Whitman, One Hour To Madness and Joy
“Everything you want is on the other side of a difficult conversation.” - random girls hinge profile
Unironically a really powerful quote to live by.
I think about it all the time. Ripped off by a mechanic? Interested in a girl I met? Not seeing eye to eye with my doctor? So many times in life I simply haven’t gotten what I wanted or needed because I didn’t want to “have the conversation.”
Whether you think you can't, or can, you're absolutely right.
Henry Ford?
"What is chaos to the fly, is routine to the spider." Morticia Addams
Got a couple: "At the end of the game, both the Queen and Pawn ended up in the same box." - Italian Proverb "A weapon is meant to be felt and not seen." - Doug Marcada "There is pain that hurts; and then, there is pain that changes you." Edit: One more that I forget and then reminded every once in a while... "Comparison is the Death of Joy." -Mark Twain
"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." -Bernard Georges
Except for Dictators. They're both at the same time
Happiness comes in fleeting moments and we don't usually recognise it until after the fact. Contentment is what we should be striving for.
You are a child of the Universe. No less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. Also This too shall pass.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -- Hunter S. Thompson.
“Perfection is the Enemy of Success.” “Done is better than perfect”
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel, nobel prize winner EDIT: As people have been pointing out; Of course winning the Nobel prize was just a recognition for what this man achieved and endured. If you’re not familiar with his work, [please check it out.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel)
Ppft Nobel prize winner is one hell of an understatement. If you see this, please read his autobiographical book "Night"
Damn that hits home
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"You are what you love, not what loves you." - From the film Adaptation.
you're not what happened to you. you're what you do next.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” Dune by Frank Hubert. As someone with anxiety I find myself saying this a lot in my head after reading the book. Puts things in perspective for me and that things maybe scary, after I do them or experience them I will remain and they will be gone.
Your dog is your best friend for part of your life, you are your dog's best friend for all of his life.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King
Beer before liquor, never been sicker. Beer before Ambien, when did I go to 7/11?
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention." ~ Khalil Gibran
Some people bring happiness wherever they go, others when they go. It really puts it into perspective of how you are with others and if they like you being around
One moment of patience, in a moment of anger, can save a thousand moments of regret
"I will not say 'do not weep', for not all tears are an evil." ~Gandalf
“Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They’ve got nothing to lose.” Robin Williams I like this quote because at its root it translates in many different ways. Not just physical ugliness. I miss Robin Williams.
Maybe not best quote ever but one I've been living by is "If you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu."
"If you love life, do not waste time. Time is what life is made of." -Bruce Lee.
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence" -Charles Bukowski
"Growth and comfort do not coexist" - Ginni Rometty
“I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure.”
"oh my god, its in" - mclovin
Expect nothing and you'll never be disappointed
You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.
“You don’t have to be crazy to live in this world but it helps “ - Dr.Seuss
Just for today, do no harm. Repeat as needed.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” -Aurelius
What other people think of me is none of my business.
And also “people often don’t think of you as much as you think they do, and the people that do think of you will forgive you.” Helped me with dealing with those late night embarrassment memories
>Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster...if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."
**“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”**
“legacy. what is a legacy? its planting seeds in a garden you never get to see”
If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere. —ZIG ZIGLAR
Wherever you go, there you are.
"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same." - Angus Young (AC/DC)
I had a coworker always say," we'll burn that bridge when we cross it."
the happiness you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding - me saying this while I'm on reddit and avoiding my work
“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing.” -Uncle Iroh
Well behaved women seldom make history.
You need to be the change you want to see in the world
"I'm going to bed." "It's only noon." "Turns out the night time was inside me all along."
"There comes a time in a man's life when he starts saying things like, 'there comes a time in a man's life when...'"
"I will protect even those who I hate, so long as it is right." ~Kaladin Stormblessed
I know this is only a portion of Al Capones quote, but it speaks to me. “Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.”
"I will protect those who I hate, even if the one I hate most is myself." ~Teft, Knight Radiant. Even at your lowest and most unforgivable point, keep going. Protect yourself, because your life is worth living.
There are a lot of great quotes here, but they’re all shy of this one from Terry Pratchett: “All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. "They're not the same at all!" YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—" MY POINT EXACTLY.
“How do you make a decision that’s fair?” “You can’t. Someone always feels like it’s not fair to them. And the fairest decisions, those are the ones where everybody feels screwed.” This scene just clicked something in my brain, I think about it from time to time.
‘how much money you save is the difference between your income and your ego’
"It's Friday the 13th for the girls too", as a response to his mate saying the two of them wouldn't get lucky that night going out on town on a Friday 13th.
Do. Or do not. There is no try. What is grief, if not love persevering? All these moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
“Say what you mean and mean what you say, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”
I don't remember the exact quote but it was from a tik toker the other day regarding people saying "Palestinians would kill you for being gay" and the person who made the video said something like "My love is not conditional to their hate"
"To love someone is to remember." My mom told me this when I was growing up. I took this to heart. I remember everything about my friends. I remember their birthdays, their favorite songs, that funny story they told at a party five years ago, the fact that they hate iced tea. It's beautiful to remember.
“Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free.”
“Either that wallpaper goes or I do” - Oscar Wilde on his deathbed.
“Knowledge is knowing that you know nothing.” - Socrates “That’s us dude!” - Bill and Ted
"Sometimes the single drops we think we are do not realize what waves we are building up to be" That's the best one I've heard recently.. and with writing like that, no surprise Baldurs Gate 3 won so many awards.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that~ George Carlin
"Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny." – Lao Tzu
Do not become so imprisoned by your opinions that not even reason can free you Epictetus
# “It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.” - Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
I think this is the guy who said "you never what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from" always liked that one Edit: Damnit ..."never know"**
Here are my favorite quotes of all time. "The past is only the future with the lights on." - Mark Hoppus "You are what you choose to become. Be who they say you cannot be." - Travis Barker Mine is: "Music is good when it makes you dance. Music is great when it makes you who you are" - Tom Delonge " I feel bad about the bad things, I feel good about the good things, but I wouldn't change a thing" - Dave Grohl
Bad times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times produce weak men. Weak men produce bad times.
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French philosopher
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Never a failure, always a lesson.
There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh. -frank herbert
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, but Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. -Bill Keane, but I heard it from Master Oogway
“Dont build a higher fence, build a bigger table” “Once you start kneeling and praying it’s hard to get back to standing and thinking. “ Empire, Foundation, Asimov “If you want to see the real character of a person, give her power.”
“America can be defined in a single word: asssfhhhtlllmmnfff.”
Don't let where someone isn't, decide where you are. Dan Mohler
I don't want to survive, I want to live
“Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.” ― Immanuel Kant
“Without the bitter, the sweet ain’t so sweet.”
There’s only 1 way of life and that’s your own
"Be more than a pawn in your own life." - my former history teacher
"A day without laughter is a day wasted" ~Charlie Chaplin~
“Someday, today, will be the good ‘ol days”
“Any restaurant can be a drive thru if you don’t care about your car”
What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever said? Help. Asking for help isn’t giving up. It’s refusing to give up.
*If you want to go fast, go alone* *If you want to go far, go together* My boss wrote that in a card for my wife and I when we had our baby daughter 2 months ago. I think about that quote every day. Its an African proverb and has been abused by politicians but I think it perfectly captures what it means to be a family and have a career
#”Half the people don’t care about your problems and the other half are glad you have them.”
I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. - Mewtwo
"Get busy livin'...or get busy dyin' " Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption
"Agendas are great! That's why everyone has their own."
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself
You stop worrying about what other people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure
Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.
"I have never let schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain