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.

meatbag2010,

Life, don’t talk to me about life…

NiTRo_SvK,

Everything remains possible, as long as you don’t choose.

Mr. Nobody (2009)

epique,

“For every man there is a purpose which he sets up in his life. Let yours be the doing of all good deeds.” Robin Hood quoteing the turk bible (quran)

Durk,

“Oh, monsters are scared, that’s why they’re monsters” The Ocean at the End of the Lane

chicagohuman,

Education is experience and the essence of experience is self-reliance.

– T H White

ItsMyFirstDay,

Never forget, in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.

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cmoney,

When you look at someone through rose colored glasses, the red flags just look like flags.

CopernicusQwark,

“A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us.

But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”

Dalinar Kholin, from the Stormlight Archive

Squirrel,
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If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.

dudebro,

Great point.

GrayBackgroundMusic,

Journey before destination.

I read this as we’re all gonna die someday, the destination is the same, the path there is the important part.

icesentry,

The most important step a man can take? It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.

CopernicusQwark,

Honestly, there's so many fantastic quotes from Dalinar in this book, it was hard to limit myself to just one.

icesentry,

Yeah, absolutely, that one stuck with me and helped me through some hard times but there’s so many other good quotes that I’ll never forget.

neilrodgers75,

“Good things come to those who wait”. It has been true so many times in my life.

jmsw22,

“Knowledge is power; France is bacon”

UnknownQuantity,

Never pee against the wind.

Catsrules,

Or on an electric fence.

UnperfectOne,

Some mountains are scaled, others are slain.

kszug,
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Every single quote from Bojack Horseman

dudebro,

I like the one about not being able to save everyone who is drowning.

Some people will just try to pull you down with them.

I recommend watching ‘Undone.’ It’s another show by Bojack’s creator, Raphael Bob-Waksburg.

You can stream it for free here: www6.f2movies.to

Dressedlikeapenguin,

“Everyday is somebody’s first day.” I think of it like a more generous Hanlon’s Razor “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” Especially when an employee is perhaps not doing a good job or is slow. If it was my first day on the job, I’d like a little consideration.

venusenvy47,

“Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things.”

PowerSeries,

My dad said that a lot

venusenvy47,

It’s from a comedian but I can’t remember who. Maybe Dennis Miller?

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