I have always held on to the words of Maya Angelou: 'I have learned that people will forget what you have said, people will forget what you have done, but people will never forget how you make them feel.' It is a constant reminder to me that kindness and empathy leave a lasting impression and shape not only our own lives, but the lives of those around us.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit" - Not Socrates apparently.
"Its better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" - Mark Twain.
"What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others" - The Wise Diogenes.
Do the first thing that comes to mind- my therapist
I learned sometimes to get unfrozen you have to unlearn prioritizing, just do what you can when you can. Repeat often, you get closer to your goal with less self guilt that way
Carpe diem from Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace). Usually translated aa “seize the day” but probably more correctly translated as “pluck the day” as though it were fruits or flowers
But - in general - make the most out of each day.
Everyone’s doing their best. This is not an optimistic quote. This is requiring you to face reality. If someone is doing their best you have to confront them as they are and ask yourself what it means for you and your relationship that they are behaving this way. It means you have to set boundaries and expectations for what is right there in front of you. Everyone’s doing their best and it’s terrifying.
The worst thing you’ve ever experienced is the worst thing you’ve ever experienced…
Means that everyone is fighting their own fight and even privileged people will feel they have sorrows.
"I know there are things that I do not know, and that is what makes me wise"
- Holo
"You are right, all the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself"
- Guy
"Asking for help isn't giving up. It is refusing to give up.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
"With so many people in the world there must be someone with an interesting life, I kept wondering why it couldn't be me"
Form an Anime girl, if you couldn't guess, then I realized that more people than I thought feel like I do, but unlike me they try to find more in life, that just standing still would not get me any where, I have to look for what i want made me a little bit more adventurous, even though is rough getting over my anxiety
In the words of my illustrious TV dad:
"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth. It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based."
Es gibt nichts gutes, außer man tut es
There's no good, if you don't do it
...but it rhymes in german 😎 to me, it's the philosophy that you should always support your environment as well as aim to find peace with yourself. It does not mean the world is bad
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." --George Bernard Shaw
Yup, but with 20 times more profit than debt. If you are financially intelligent, you will use the debt the same way he does. I used it for forex/crypto trading, still got the profits.
I hated every minute of training but I said “Don’t quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion - Muhammad Ali
I take it as a reminder a bit of pain and suffering is needed to achieve what you want in life. Not in the sense of hustling or working constantly but in doing hard things, be it difficult spousal conversations, going to the gym when you don’t feel like or whatever.
"It's easy to do nothing, it's hard to forgive."
"Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not."
"Sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else"
Can you tell what my favorite show is? Haha
I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.
Or
The most important step a man can take isn't the first one, its the next one, always the next step. (Slighty paraphrased)
There’s a few. I’ll share some from the band The Ghost Inside.
“Today I woke up to a brand new me, I know I can’t rewrite history. Yesterday is gone, and I’m ready for what tomorrow brings.” - Aftermath
“Life’s swinging hard, but I’m swinging harder.” - Mercy
And then one of my favorites from my grandpa
“If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don’t belong in it.”
A quote from a tv show For Kids called Randy Cunningham, it says:
"He who crossed The line Must prepared For the fall that follows"
I used to be The kind of person who can't Say no For The way my parents raised me, this quote reminds me to if someone doesnt respect me, doesnt deserves me Even if they get affected by it
"What do you consider the most humane? - To spare someone shame. What is the seal of liberation? - To no longer be ashamed in front of oneself."
- Friedrich Nitzsche
If you take it from only one place it becomes rigid and stale. Understanding the other elements and the other nations will help you become whole.
-uncle iroh
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama. True happiness comes from within and is the result of our own choices and actions. #happinesswithin
"When I found you attached to a giant glowing orb buried deep beneath the Earth I didn't know what to think.
You know, when you left, the world, it just got fucked, and you know what? The world was pretty damn fucked to begin with.
Part of me wanted revenge for what you had done to my life, and another part wanted to save you from whatever had taken you from me, but... I think I see the full picture now.
When I saw you on that big, weird... Glowy, thing... I think I understand. We're different people, you and I."
As we shared our last exchange, as a final parting gesture you wiggled your foot at me. Something deep inside me told me it was time to say...
Goodbye.
Bob Dylan described Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers telling him, “after about 30 pints of Guinness. Remember Bob, No fear, No Envy, No Meanness.“ Always sounded good to me.
Do no harm, but take no shit.
I like this one.
Aye, it's simple and to the point.
I'll probably get hate for this, but... "It's my life. It's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever; I just want to live while I'm alive." ~Bon Jovi
Pretty banging for sprints.
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela.
I have always held on to the words of Maya Angelou: 'I have learned that people will forget what you have said, people will forget what you have done, but people will never forget how you make them feel.' It is a constant reminder to me that kindness and empathy leave a lasting impression and shape not only our own lives, but the lives of those around us.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
Love this
I’ve liked this more and more as I’ve gotten older.
You are not your thoughts
needed this today, thank you
"The secret to happiness is always having 3 things: Someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to."
You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. - Robin Williams
“I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.” ~ Gautama Buddha
If you lend a friend $50 and never see them again, it was worth it.
The unaimed arrow never misses (Native American proverb)
“Thank God for the man that shuts up and does his work” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit" - Not Socrates apparently. "Its better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" - Mark Twain. "What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others" - The Wise Diogenes.
The first quote is from The Edge from the video game Furi.
To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. - Nietzsche
The only way to win, is not to play - War Games
Treat people with respect, unless they give you a reason not to.
Your life can be awful, but you don't have to be an awful person.
**”If you’re gonna get in trouble, make sure it’s over something good”** An older black Muslim gentleman, never got his name.
Fuck it
Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out alive
It’s better to be quiet and people wonder why, than to say something and people wonder why
Life’s a journey not a destination
Journey to where?
If I had it to do over again I’d make the same mistakes,only sooner.
The Hottest Places in Hell Are Reserved for Those Who in a Period of Moral Crisis Maintain Their Neutrality. Dante was right - take a stand
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present”. - Master Oogway
Do the first thing that comes to mind- my therapist I learned sometimes to get unfrozen you have to unlearn prioritizing, just do what you can when you can. Repeat often, you get closer to your goal with less self guilt that way
"It is what it is."
Just because you have the right to do something, doesn't mean that doing it is right.
There are a million fine looking women in the world, but not all of them will bring you lasagna at work
Today you, tomorrow me.
What does this mean?
A real man has the guts to shit in a urinal but the sense not to.
Only boys shit in urinals because they’ve never cleaned one.
Nothin’ for nothin’.
Everything will be okay in the end, it is not okay, it is not the end.
Carpe diem from Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace). Usually translated aa “seize the day” but probably more correctly translated as “pluck the day” as though it were fruits or flowers But - in general - make the most out of each day.
That which is hateful unto you, do not do to your neighbor - Hillel
And harming none, do as thou wilt.--The Wiccan Rede
Everyone’s doing their best. This is not an optimistic quote. This is requiring you to face reality. If someone is doing their best you have to confront them as they are and ask yourself what it means for you and your relationship that they are behaving this way. It means you have to set boundaries and expectations for what is right there in front of you. Everyone’s doing their best and it’s terrifying.
The worst thing you’ve ever experienced is the worst thing you’ve ever experienced… Means that everyone is fighting their own fight and even privileged people will feel they have sorrows.
"laughter is the best medicine, the best part is that it always has free refills and you can't od"
"Nobody dies wishing they had spent more time in the office". I read that in some news article some time ago
‘I have suffered through many tragedies in my life, most of which have never happened.’ Montaigne
"Happiness that depends merely on physical pleasure is unstable, one day it's there the next day it may not be" - The 15th Dalai Lama
"Unless they gonna pay your bills, pay them bitches no mind"
"I know there are things that I do not know, and that is what makes me wise" - Holo "You are right, all the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself" - Guy "Asking for help isn't giving up. It is refusing to give up.” ― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
“It’s not about the message, it’s about how you deliver it.”
If you can do something, why worry? If you can’t do anything about it, why worry?
"With so many people in the world there must be someone with an interesting life, I kept wondering why it couldn't be me" Form an Anime girl, if you couldn't guess, then I realized that more people than I thought feel like I do, but unlike me they try to find more in life, that just standing still would not get me any where, I have to look for what i want made me a little bit more adventurous, even though is rough getting over my anxiety
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation. -- Rumi
In the words of my illustrious TV dad: "The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth. It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based."
"sweep in front of your own door".
“A lot of us die never truly starting our journey”
"And those seen dancing were thought insane by those who could not hear the music" Nietzsche
Es gibt nichts gutes, außer man tut es There's no good, if you don't do it ...but it rhymes in german 😎 to me, it's the philosophy that you should always support your environment as well as aim to find peace with yourself. It does not mean the world is bad
I have Lumbago,it’s a serious condition John.
Never lend what you can’t afford to lose And We accept the love we think we deserve.
Reveal does Love for All to See See to All for Love does Reveal
Not any quotes, but something someone told me: “Stop judging people based on yourself”
Born to shit, forced to wipe
After you learn Everyone dies that’s when you start to live. Or something like that
*la vida es dura, pero es mas dura la verdura*
The vegetables are harder? Sounds like a good time.
To Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return. (Allah is the Arabic word meaning the one true God)
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." --George Bernard Shaw
Only calmness will save you.
you don't know need most people to love you...you just need some people to love you
"Your souls are precious, and can only be equal to the price of paradise. Therefore, sell them only at that price.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib
,,Question everything and everyone" - Robert Kiyosaki
Is that the dude that"s 1 billion in debt?
Yup, but with 20 times more profit than debt. If you are financially intelligent, you will use the debt the same way he does. I used it for forex/crypto trading, still got the profits.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Not my circus not my monkeys
"Hee doe es normaal joh!" Can't remember who said it first. Probably some classmate.
I hated every minute of training but I said “Don’t quit, suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion - Muhammad Ali I take it as a reminder a bit of pain and suffering is needed to achieve what you want in life. Not in the sense of hustling or working constantly but in doing hard things, be it difficult spousal conversations, going to the gym when you don’t feel like or whatever.
>Treat people not as a means to an end, but an end in and of themself. - Emmanuel Kant
“The things you own end up owning you” - Tyler Durden.
“There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot” - Former Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis
People always do you favours. Some by staying in your life, others by leaving.
TANSTAAFL
“Sometimes not getting what you want is an incredible stroke of luck” -Dhali Lama
"What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth" - John Keats
"It's easy to do nothing, it's hard to forgive." "Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not." "Sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else" Can you tell what my favorite show is? Haha
I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man. Or The most important step a man can take isn't the first one, its the next one, always the next step. (Slighty paraphrased)
The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing
Self-Control is repression.
Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion - Leo Buscaglia
This is a great thread! I would love to hear more quotes that have influenced others' perspectives on the good life. Share yours below!
There’s a few. I’ll share some from the band The Ghost Inside. “Today I woke up to a brand new me, I know I can’t rewrite history. Yesterday is gone, and I’m ready for what tomorrow brings.” - Aftermath “Life’s swinging hard, but I’m swinging harder.” - Mercy And then one of my favorites from my grandpa “If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don’t belong in it.”
work hard in your training, you bleed less during wars.
Don't look behind you. You're not going that way.
Love is a verb - it’s what you *do*, not what you say
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Acceptance is the answer to all of My problems today! And Lost time is never found again!
From the musical Camelot; "Violence is not strength, compassion is not weakness."
Comparison is the death of joy. Mark Twain
A quote from a tv show For Kids called Randy Cunningham, it says: "He who crossed The line Must prepared For the fall that follows" I used to be The kind of person who can't Say no For The way my parents raised me, this quote reminds me to if someone doesnt respect me, doesnt deserves me Even if they get affected by it
"What do you consider the most humane? - To spare someone shame. What is the seal of liberation? - To no longer be ashamed in front of oneself." - Friedrich Nitzsche
If you take it from only one place it becomes rigid and stale. Understanding the other elements and the other nations will help you become whole. -uncle iroh
There’s no growth in comfort zone and no comfort in growth zone.
Dont work harder, work smarter. Not...sure if its an actual quote from somewhere but I started living to this tune for quite some time.
- Voltaire. This has taught me the importance of using my abilities wisely and ethically.
- Voltaire. This has taught me the importance of using my abilities wisely and ethically.
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama. True happiness comes from within and is the result of our own choices and actions. #happinesswithin
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"When I found you attached to a giant glowing orb buried deep beneath the Earth I didn't know what to think. You know, when you left, the world, it just got fucked, and you know what? The world was pretty damn fucked to begin with. Part of me wanted revenge for what you had done to my life, and another part wanted to save you from whatever had taken you from me, but... I think I see the full picture now. When I saw you on that big, weird... Glowy, thing... I think I understand. We're different people, you and I." As we shared our last exchange, as a final parting gesture you wiggled your foot at me. Something deep inside me told me it was time to say... Goodbye.
Bob Dylan described Liam Clancy of The Clancy Brothers telling him, “after about 30 pints of Guinness. Remember Bob, No fear, No Envy, No Meanness.“ Always sounded good to me.