“Not everything that counts can be counted”
My high school environmental science teacher.
There's no room on Mars for limp dicks.
It's a quote for a horrible 90s indie film that's always struck with me for some reason. My social group and I have since taken this quote as an absolute/truism that gets referenced whenever a situation calls for absolute certainty. Because as we all know, there's no room on Mars for limp dicks.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice..n..n.. we can’t get fooled again. — GWB
'Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.' - Maya Angelou
“Don’t regret. Remember.” From the movie “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” Changed how I think about a lot of the events in my past. The director said that fans have come up to her and shown her tattoos of that line, so it’s not just me.
Decide what you're gonna do before you do it.
When I was like 8, a liftee at my local ski hill told me that as I dangled from the chairlift about 5 feet off the ground because I waffled getting on the lift.
A teacher of mine once said:"I can't understand, why a person needs a ton, to move itself."
20 years later I found r/fuckcars.
A little cheesy, but in middle school we read this essay called “Give!” By Anne Frank
How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment; we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straight away
Her excitement is what always stuck with me
Sometimes the good you do, doesn’t do you any good.
"Live on, survive, for the Earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded, shriven. What is expected of you is attention."
Salman Rushdie, from The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
A more recent one, meditation-related, short and simple and I have no idea who said it, I just happened to catch it a couple of years ago on a website-that-shall-not-be-named:
"I am not my thoughts."
We suffer more in imagination than reality
If you hide your whole life, you'll forget who you are.
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got."
Usually comes to mind when people are waiting around for others to solve their problems for them.
"Get to the Choppa"
My grandfather used to tell me: "What I know is that I know nothing". He used to tell me that even in his old age, he was still amazed by the things he discovered, just like a child. That taught me to always be humble and to understand the point of view of others and to always learn in life. So I will always remember this quote.
When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know whose children are going to scream and burn! How many hearts will be broken! How many lives shattered! How much blood will spill until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: Sit — down — and — talk!
Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor
The future is no place to place your better days.
"Never underestimate the power of denial."
― Ricky Fitts (American Beauty)
I now constantly test myself to see if I'm overlooking the truth. Refusal to admit reality or refusal to acknowledge an unpleasant truth can ultimately hold you back.
Misery isn’t a currency. (this applies to when you make yourself suffer with sadness as a way to buy yourself out of guilt)
This was told to my by my best friend over 30 years ago, he passed away on Thursday.
I have two that keep finding their way to be relevant. "smooth seas never made a skilled sailor" and "dont break anything you cant fix"
“When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all”. -God (futurama)
This little quote helps make me thorough in my work
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler"
“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
"The name's Bond, James Bond". Because of that quote, I have never failed to remember James Bond's name.
Theres two -
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" - Dr. Seuss
And a recent one - "Your life starts where your comfort zone ends"
"Be Better", a college professor/mentor always aid that to me. Whenever I think about taking the easy way or the shortest way I just say "Be Better" and then do the right thing.
Don't hold grudges. While you're holding a grudge, the other guy's out dancing.
God gives his silliest battles to his funniest clowns
"it's just work" --a buddy of mine
helps me every time I'm about to take something personal at work or am annoyed about processes.
You brush at night to keep your teeth.
You brush in the morning to keep your friends.
“One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.”
"Friends and Family fuck you first". Sounds like a pretty shitty quote, but it proves to be true as you get older.
I heard one once that goes like "a fool does what he hates, a wise man does what he loves, but a great man learns to love what is necessary."
I think I am butchering the original phrasing which is probably why I can't find any source for this quote. But I think about it a lot.
Time is the most expensive currency. You will never ever get back the time spent. So spend it wisely.
When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore that means they’ve given up on you…you may not want to hear it but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you and want to make you better.
-- randy pausch, the last lecture
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/430312-when-you-re-screwing-up-and-nobody-says-anything-to-you
ALL of it is good. Go watch. Maybe laugh a bit. Maybe cry near the end. Come away changed.
Not sure where it is from, misquoting and probably butchering the quote:
"If you think a headache is bad, break your arm then the headache doesn't feel so bad anymore"
Basically if something is bad, but something worse comes along, then the bad thing doesn't seem so bad anymore
Update:
Because this has got me thinking, going to update when I quote source ( also don't want to double post)
Heard in Mass Effect 2, Thane quoting:
"When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death." Thomas Hobbes
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