What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?

I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It’s pretty cool to see.

Dantpool,
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It doesn’t matter how good they look; someone, somewhere, is tired of putting up with their shit.

Anissem,
@Anissem@lemmy.ml avatar

“He has no friends” - Dad

TheGreenGolem,

Confidence is everything.

Mystify0771,

I reject your reality and substitute it with my own

codenamekino,

“Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow” - Horace

“Seize the day and throttle it.” - Calvin and Hobbes

BrainisfineIthink,
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We all hurt, we all need, we all cry, we all bleed.

One of my favorite reminders that everyone has personal struggles.

WhatASave,

Once is never, twice is always.

LostCause,

In German but "As long as they pretend to pay me, I pretend to work." Probably one of the first pieces of wisdom I got way back as a wee apprentice.

Now, I work more than this quote may make one think of me, but it‘s influenced me insofar as I‘m aware of not overdoing it as my employers never overdo the pay part either.

Valmond,

Yeah, it’s always okay to question if you work enough, but never okay to question if they pay you enough.

keenanpepper,

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” - Hanlon’s Razor

button_masher,

Someone added in “or laziness or busyness” and it stuck with me.

C4d,

Look after your equipment and your equipment will look after you.

-and-

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

davidalso,

I’ve only heard that second one in Swedish. I don’t know if it’s originates from Sweden, but it rhymes.

TrenchcoatFullofBats,

I believe the origin of the second one is Norway, where the weather is often bad, but people still like to go outside.

Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær!

C4d,

The person who shared it with me was Norwegian so this would fit; they just translated it for me.

quarlow,

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

Jean-Luc Picard

tenseiken,

That’s a good one. Also, “no being is so important that it may usurp the rights of another”.

RomanRoy,
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“Better say sorry than ask for permission”

“You never get a second chance to make a first impression”

corvax,

if you assume you make an ass of u and me

Today,

Some people give me shit for it, but one that’s actually gotten me through some struggles is “despite all my rage, I’m still just a rat in a cage.” I have a tendency to push back against things that feel unfair/unjust and it often is more destructive and time-consuming than it’s worth. Sometimes i need a reminder to just accept things the way they are.

swade2569,
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It’s better to regret something you have done than something you haven’t.

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