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

in2thesame,

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.

Saigonauticon,

I only concern myself with ‘how’. ‘Why’ is a question for philosophers and cowards, of which I am neither.

jbloggs777,

“You wouldn’t worry what other people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did” … good for those awkward teenage years. Conversely, it also highlights the value of receiving and giving attention.

Planescape,

“Nothing changes if I don’t change”.

Squidquid,

“It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”

kofe,

There’s only two things that matter in life: who you choose as your friends and where you stick your pecker.

dudebro,

Real ‘git’er done’ vibes here.

Aurenkin,

We suffer more in imagination than reality

Alperto,

"Only when the white man has destroyed the whole forest, has killed fish and animals and all rivers are dry, will realize that no one can eat money. "

SigloPseudoMundo,

It is by doing whatever that one becomes whoever.

ShroOmeric,

Where was this from again?

SigloPseudoMundo,

It’s a translation from a French prankster

ShroOmeric,

Sure, I remember that guy now…

lingh0e,

So much of the dialog is Deadwood is absolutely brilliant, but one scene really stuck with me.

“Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or fuckin’ beatin’s. The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man — and give some back.”

Ian McShane deserved an Emmy for his work as Al Swearengen. That slow stare at the end of the scene alway kills me. I know it’s supposed to be a drama, but they really go for some laughs.

dudebro,

I don’t like that at all.

Sounds like someone who lacked compassion because it was never given to them.

lingh0e,

You’re not wrong.

ForbiddenRoot,

“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people”

Perhaps its an overgeneralization, but I like the concept behind it and at least it keeps me from gossiping / talking about people behind their backs. I am mostly an average mind though, by this definition.

m3t00,
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do unto others as you would have them do unto you

LegionElite,
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When I die, bury me upside-down so everyone can kiss my ass goodbye.

Rhoeri,
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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.

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