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.

merze,

When I was 11, my teacher told the class “if you don’t have time, make time” and it just stuck to me ever since.

Now it just irritates me whenever someone says they don’t have time.

jjjalljs,

In the (very good) video game pillars of eternity 2, an imp comes to tell you his wizard wants you to see him. If you respond with “I’ll go if I have time” the imp replies “pfth. Who has time? You have to make time”. Now I think about this a lot.

I’ve also learned that sometimes when people say they don’t have time they actually mean they don’t want to, but they think a small lie is more polite. Personally if I invite you to something I’d rather you tell me you’re not interested so I know not to invite you in the future. But some people are cripplingly conflict avoidant.

epimede,

Love this! So many of the “no time” people act like victims when it’s their own choice! No one told you to commit yourself to all those things. And if you can’t make time, it’s not a priority then.

Sc00ter,

I’ve felt this way for a long time. Now I’ve got 2 toddlers and the hours of 6a-9p are completely consumed with children or work. I don’t know how to make time anymore

Aurenkin,

We suffer more in imagination than reality

shiii,

“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.

dudebro,

“We’re not paid to care.”

ard0gg,

Reminds me of something one of my early mentors told me… “Push the broom to the left, push the broom to the right. It all pays the same”

mino,
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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler”

dylanTheDeveloper,
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God gives his silliest battles to his funniest clowns

atheos,
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“Friends and Family fuck you first”. Sounds like a pretty shitty quote, but it proves to be true as you get older.

Just_A_Human,

They get dibs, it’s only fair

palitu,

That is a really sad view on friends and family. I mean, depending on the size of the funking.

My family and friends have been minor funking.

You should choose different friends and make sure that you don’t pass that sentiment on to your kids.

atheos,
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It’s a sad reality for some, count your blessings.

palitu,

But the friends part. Family I get, but friends? Sad noises.

newguy208,

Time is the most expensive currency. You will never ever get back the time spent. So spend it wisely.

the_third,

It does pay interest though. Go to the doc for a yearly checkup, e.g., even if it is annoying to cram into the calendar.

richyawyingtmv,

“The name’s Bond, James Bond”. Because of that quote, I have never failed to remember James Bond’s name.

corsicanguppy,

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

goodreads.com/…/430312-when-you-re-screwing-up-an…

ALL of it is good. Go watch. Maybe laugh a bit. Maybe cry near the end. Come away changed.

youtu.be/j7zzQpvoYcQ

corstian,

“One is free from depression when they derive their self worth from the truth of their own feelings, and not from the posession of certain things or qualities.” - Alice Miller, The Drama of The Gifted Child

rikudou,
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Sounds nice, doesn’t work.

I_Has_A_Hat,

I truly feel depressed because of my lack of things. Specifically money. Money is the things.

dudebro,

It’s tough to do this when others derive our self worth from possessions.

Unfortunately, a lot of self-sufficiency quotes fall short when you want other people in your life. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out that way.

Hikermick,

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

dudebro,

I’d say that depends on who you ask.

I’m sure the fascists don’t have good intentions for the necks under their bootheels.

gun,
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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.

dudebro,

What if you hate it but you’re really really good at it?

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)

wildcardology,

"It’s easy to grab a tiger by it’s balls, but it takes a real man to squeeze"

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bob_lemon,

“It’s really quite difficult to grab a tiger by its balls, but it takes an absolute moron to squeeze”

FTFY.

ophelia,
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“If you give someone enough rope, they eventually hang themselves”

Following this mantra has almost always worked out for me.

feck_it,

I wish my parents used that method too. I was a way too spoiled bright eyed summer child back then

Vupperware,
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I can’t help but feel pity when I see a child or teenager up to their waist in materialism and appearances.

Some day, many of those children will have a brutal awakening when the realize that they can’t live the way they did growing up forever.

fckreddit,

It’s called growing up. Everyone has to go through it. We did, they will. Pain is inevitable…

Spandex_Nightmare,

“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake”

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