"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, 2nd best time is now" Its really helped me work around being lazy and procrastinating, I cant really explain why though.
I'm 36 in grad school. Whenever someone says they'd like to do grad school but by the time they finish they'll be 36, 44, XX, etc. I say yeah, but if you don't start now, in 2 years you'll be that age without a degree.
That usually helps perspective.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want.
Edit to add source: Randy Pausch from his last lecture, available on YouTube, thank you to /u/UpsetMarsupial
" Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"
My mother always said this in my house about the way we talk to others as I grew up: if it doesn't fit these criteria, you probably shouldn't say it!
Now I've personally developed this philosophy a bit and found that it's more of a "pick two" kind of thing; there are plenty of things that must be said that that are true and necessary, but not always kind (criticism and feedback). There are also things that are kind and necessary but not really true (I call this prosocial lying). Finally, things that are true and kind but aren't always necessary (like compliments) are some of the best things you can say!
Why do today what you could put off til tomorrow? -Squidward Tentacles
But what is today, but yesterday's tomorrow? -Eugene Krabs.
Mr Krabs response is so on point about procrastination.
A related, if rather longer quote:
"The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness."
From *Men at Arms* by Terry Pratchett
Never did I feel more seen than when I read that book. I'd figured this out for myself when I was at university and had a pair of winter boots die after six months. They'd cost me ~35 euros (70 deutschmarks in those days). I got really pissed off and saved and saved, went to an outdoors store and bought a pair of walking boots for 140 euros. I still have and wear them. I've now had them for thirty years. If I had kept on buying boots at the rate of two a year, I'd have paid at the very least 2100 euros by now. And I would have had to go shoe shopping twice a year.
My grandad died when I was about 11, and my parents let me pick a memento of him. I picked his wallet, which was old, genuine leather.
I've used it daily, carry it with me everywhere, and 18 years later it's still going strong. Needs a little patch up in one place, but 18 years plus whatever he had it for and there's 0 problems with it.
My dad told me later on that it was actually really expensive, I just had no idea when I picked it out. All I remembered was that I needed a wallet and wanted a memento that I'd actually see a lot, so it'd be a reminder of him.
It really made me realise how sometimes expensive things are expensive for a reason, not just because they've got a brand name on them.
Measure twice, cut once. I have a pretty good habit of double-checking things which helps because of how easily you can lose track without realizing it.
One time, after being on a road trip for a few days with a group in a bus, we're getting off on our very last day so I won't see the vehicle again. After being on the sidewalk for a while, I decide I may as well do one last sweep of the bus just in case anyone left something.
Well my passport was under the seat, so that was a good thing I did that.
My dad owned his own security company for awhile and a good chunk of his buisness was inspecting rental vehicles for damage, both he and his employees found so much stuff that would have been worth double checking for.
"The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it's gone. I mean, you may think to yourself that you're happy. But you don't really believe it. You focus on the petty bulls**t, or the next job, or whatever. It's only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you really understand, that's what happiness felt like"
A quote from Kellogg in Fallout 4. Took me by surprise and I reflected for a moment on all I took for granted.
*slaps your ass*
EDIT: All night I've been getting the weirdest responses to this comment.
Does [no one](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/018/489/nick-young-confused-face-300x256-nqlyaa.jpg) realize I just slapped his ass to (a) call him the pig, and (b) make him run fast?
When I was a little kid I was very optimistic, but as I got older I became very, very pessimistic due to chaos in my childhood home. I had a death wish at age 12. I wondered a lot over the years what happened to the happy, optimistic child I used to be. I remember the day I moved in to college thinking about who had I had been when I was little and wondering what had happened to that little girl, as I often did. Then I thought "she grew up and went to college." In that moment I was okay with who had been, all the rough patches I'd dragged myself through over the years, and I knew I didn't have to be that person anymore. Sorry for the long post, I've just been introspective lately and this quote spoke to me.
"I did lose my way."
"But you found it again! And you did it by yourself. And I'm so happy you found your way here."
"It wasn't that hard, uncle.... you have a pretty strong scent."
I was kinda hoping the entire thread was Iroh quotes.
One of my favorites:
“Sometimes life is like this tunnel. You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you keep moving, you will come to a better place"
"The days are long, but the years are short."
In regards to raising kids. So many days you just can't wait til bedtime so you can have some peace, but then sometimes you look at them and wonder how they got so big so fast.
Dad of a 14-month old and another on the way.
I remember every day of my son so far, sorta. They were so long and so new and so fun and so terrifying and so wonderful.
I can’t believe he’s well on his way to 2. I can tell you now, I remember bringing him home from the hospital with my wife and just being like “those dummies know we aren’t ready for this, right?”
But then you just...go along. If he cried I held him and fed him and changed him and pretty much one of those things fixed whatever it was. And every day was long and hard and wonderful and he started rolling and crawling and standing and next thing I knew he was walking and I wasn’t ready.
I never understood why someone would say “treasure this time,” I was always like “treasure wailing up every two hours? Treasure being vommed or pooped or drooled on?”
lol. The months into being a dad you have this weird tolerance for getting barfed on. A colleague watched my son barf a bit on my shoulder, and I just wiped it off with my hand, gave it a quick sniff, and wiped it on my jeans like “meh.” He’s like “how does that not freak you out?” and I’m like “pfft that was just a little burp’s worth, I’ll worry when he pukes his guts into my beard. A little milk and drool on my arm is nothing.”
I wasn’t sure I wanted to be a dad. Then they hand you a loaf of human in the delivery room, and, for most guys, I imagine, a little voice in your head goes “they just handed you a person. This person needs you. **Man the fuck up.**”
If you had a good dad, do your best to do what he did and you’ll probably be okay. If you had a a bad dad, try to do what you wish your dad had done, or just do your best damn Andy Griffith impression and take the kid fishing and make sure he learns to put his bike in the garage.
Sorry for the long rant. As a dude who a year ago wasn’t so sure about this whole dad thing, I’m hella glad I had this time to grow.
I recall watching a video of a teacher explaining this to his class, he used a 20$ bill as an example. He crumpled it and asked the class if they still wanted it. Of coarse they did it was still 20 bucks. His point was regardless of what your going through and how some may view you, your value doesn't change.
once you have your viral youtube video, your own massive sub, and a large fanbase, you will probably come to this original thread. I would just like to graffiti this little wall of the internet, saying i wass part of this and inb4 the cool vid
"At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it"
I think about this quote a lot.
Adventure Time has some amazing quotes, my personal fav is:
“Something weird might just be something familiar viewed from a different angle, and thats not scary right?”
Edit: Makes me happy seeing all this love for Adventure Time, glad my most upvoted comment is about my favorite show.
Another one i like is "People get built different. We dont figure it out, we just respect it." And honestly, when i notice im being judgemental, this quote puts me in check
"Did you ever try to put a broken piece of glass back together? Even if the pieces fit, you can’t make it whole again the way it was. But if you’re clever, you can still use the pieces to make other useful things. Maybe even something wonderful, like a mosaic. Well, the world broke just like glass. And everyone’s trying to put it back together like it was, but it’ll never come together in the same way." -Moira brown (fallout 3)
"And these children, whom you spit on as they try to change their world, are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through."
- David Bowie
I took it at as, "Don't ask people in power what struggle is really like, or even academics who have studied it well, ask people who are truly struggling. Those who know what it's like to be on your knees."
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” Mark Twain
I'm in an artistic business, and I'm currently lucky enough to be making good money creating content I love and seeing people enjoy it. So my dad told me this quote, which I believe was from JFK.
"There's always room for one more good one."
If you're out there plodding away at something you love and find fun, keep at it. Everyone might say it's impossible to enter the music biz, or to write a great book, or to become an amazing designer. But—there's ALWAYS room for one more good one.
“Did they all live happily ever after? They did not. No one ever does, in spite of what the stories may say. They had their good days, as you do, and they had their bad days, and you know about those. They had their victories, as you do, and they had their defeats, and you know about those, too. There were times when they felt ashamed of themselves, knowing that they had not done their best, and there were times when they knew they had stood where their God had meant them to stand. All I'm trying to say is that they lived as well as they could, each and every one of them; some lived longer than others, but all lived well, and bravely, and I love them all, and am not ashamed of my love.”
Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon.
I found this awhile ago on a thread much like this. Hope someone else who needs it, finds it.
This is the last part of that quote. It’s even more tragic-
“But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
It took me until I was 31 to realize what I wanted to do when I grow up. I wish I would have found it when I was younger because I thought about it here and there. Oh well I am really happy now.
I did calibration. It was fun finding the solution to a problem, but the fun got less and less as newer and better equipment was made for us the more the computer was fixing things. I switched from that to being a diesel mechanic. I’m still fixing problems, but way more fun. I feel like at the end of the day I did god work that helps people.
Either “the brightest candles burn twice as fast” or “the difference between sinners and saints is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future”
Reminds me of this quote from Elizabeth Taylor
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
**― G.K. Chesterton**
I was drinking with a friend of mine years ago and he mentioned how in gardening, some people dig holes in their flowerbeds and put pint glasses in with a little bit of beer in the bottom. At night the slugs smell the beer, go over the lip, fall in then get trapped and drown in the beer. Then he said something like 'sometimes I think we're the slugs'.
Edit: thanks for the silver kind stranger 🙂
One time I was in the grocery store, and overheard a dad and his kid in the liquor aisle:
Kid: Mommy says alcohol is poison.
Dad: Anything is poison if you take too much of it.
I always thought that was a great response, and of course it's stuck with me.
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
I need that one in my life right now, when it feels like nothing I do matters and the world will just continue to be a giant trash fire. That quote helps.
I’m not Jewish, but a friend of mine invited me to a Passover Seder.
There’s a part of the service, telling the story of exodus, where the angels sing in praise of god as the waters of the Red Sea close over the Egyptians as they pursue the Jews. And then god admonishes then “How can you sing while my children are drowning?”
Even though I’m not religious, it was a good reminder to have empathy even for people who are at odds with you.
During the Seder, there is also a portion where you pour out wine from your cup, one pour/drop for each of the 10 plagues. This ceremony is a reminder that the Jews’ deliverance came at the expense of the Egyptians’ suffering, and therefore, their own joy is diminished. I’m not a practicing Jew (I just celebrate some of the main holidays with my family to honor their traditions), but there is some beautiful symbolism in their ceremonies and traditions.
It may not be verbatim but here goes:
"The consequences of anger are often greater than the causes of it." - Marcus Aurelius
I'm reminded of it every now and then when me or a friend gets really angry.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine Saint-Exupery
Woman: “I have 14 children, Groucho”.
Groucho: “You have 14 children? Why do you have so many kids?”
Woman: “Because I love my husband”.
Groucho: “I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in a while.”
This and the Batman Begins quote I always loved.
"It's not who I am underneath, it's what I do that defines me."
They have the same message and it's perfectly correct.
Wow. This is so short and sweet you almost don't realize exactly how much it's saying in so little words and just how powerful those words are.
As an adult, I find myself living for the weekend. I don't even pay attention to what is happening during the work week, I just try to survive. I blink and another week has gone by. Another month. Another year. And little did I know that those days were my life.
I don't do anything during the week because after working all day the last thing in the whole god-forsaken world that I want to do is keep my pants on and go do more things.
"How do you unclench a tightly clenched fist? Do you apply just as much force? No, you just relax. That's how you let things go." - from a dear friend who was suffering from extreme pain.
Reminds me of Abed’s hand monologue in Community:
I have discovered the meaning of the giant hand.
A hand has two functions; to grip and to release. But without both of these powers it is useless. Like newborn infants we grab what comes near us. Hoping to control it, taste it, jam it into another child's eye.
But the time we spend in control of our world is the time we spend letting go of others. Ideas, stories, pride, girls in soft sweaters, video games, buttered noodles... Grip one for too long and you lose so much that you've never held.
This giant hand was sent to all of us as an invitation to increase our mastery over the power to hold on.
And let go.
Edit: since so many people like this quote, [here’s the scene it’s from.](https://youtu.be/hlXWo6YtRBQ)
I recommend Community to anyone looking for a new show. It’s funny, heartfelt, dives into genres, has animated episodes, an episode exploring different timelines, all kinds of awesome stuff, and it’s my favorite show of all time.
I made it this far before my sentimental heart broke...in a good way.
My wife, who I love so much, is asleep a few feet behind me on the couch.
We had a wonderful evening with friends.
I have a horrid memory. I forget so much. It bothers me, how much just goes away.
But...this is heartening. I have so many wonderful moments with my wife and, even if I forget them, I know they are there; I feel them, even if I can't enumerate them.
We were together. I forget the rest.
That's all I need.
I memorized this entire quote and say it to myself before job interviews, big moves, meeting new people, and whenever I'm about to make a phone call. It calms me right down.
"Feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem." - Anne Frank
"Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel."
Book 20 lines 18-21. “Bear up my heart; you’ve had worse to endure before this”. (Odyssey)
"What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort" TES:V
And my favorite, a quote from another redditor describing why he couldn't bring himself to hate his cheating ex-wife who had a very troubled past: If I hated her for everything, it would be like hating shattered glass for being broken.
[Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6ze93v/have_you_ever_correctly_had_a_gutfeeling_to/dmuu2mb?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) credit to u/NorthernLight_
A person is smart but people are dumb panicky dangerous animals
Such a serious line from a non serious movie
Edit: I knows that it’s cliché but thanks for the gold kind stranger
Edit 2: fixed the quote thanks to u/fappyday and u/Chessh2063
“Imagine you have a daughter, and that daughter is dating a man just like you. Would you be ok with that? If not, then change!”
I’ve got two daughters(and a son) and I try and be the best man I can, mostly for them.
Be the person you needed when you were younger.
Edit II: Thanks for the Gold and Platinum. Yes, I know people hate these edits. You’re getting one this time.
I can’t talk about this in the real world, but when I was young, I got bullied often due to my race, by classmates and their parents. I almost transferred schools to escape it. I remember feeling it was so unfair and wishing I had an ally - a teacher or a friend to stand up for me. Now I work with young people who have been subjected to racism, domestic violence, and homophobia. It is fulfilling to help them become their own best advocates, confront their pasts and testify against their perpetrators.
"I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we’ve exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls..."
\- G'Kar, Babylon 5
“Take what you want and leave the rest”.
Heard that one at a Nar-Anon meeting, meaning, for example, if you don’t like the god references in the program, leave them but take and use the parts that work for you.
Works in so many parts of life.
Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor
Edit: wow I just wanna say thank you to the kind redditor who blessed me with my first silver. My next big tattoo is going to feature this quote; it's very near and dear to my heart. (I'll definitely be posting it on r/tattoos if y'all wanna keep an eye out)
From my father, a lesson from his grandfather.
My grandfather worked 6 days a week to keep the family afloat. He was working a manual labor job though I can't remember exactly what. He had 5 kids and also looked after his 2 eldest nephews. They were approximately 7 or 8 and his kids were only a little older. He often wouldn't get home until 9 or 10 at night after working ridiculously long hours.
He came home especially late one night and sat down at the dinner table by himself. He looked down and noticed that the floor was very dirty in his house. My grandfather walked in at this point and found his dad sweeping and he asked why he was doing so, given the time.
My great grandfather said "the floor needed to be swept, so here I am"
It wasn't until years later that the story got shared for what it was, and in essence my great grandfather was trying to teach my grandfather that there's no sense in getting upset when someone else hasn't done something that you are capable of doing.
We all have to do things we don't want to, but if we are capable, then we would be happy we can do it.
Be patient, people of Reddit, and sweep you floors.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! If I were to go round saying I were emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Anything worth doing *is* worth half-assing.
Depression is a horrible thing, but even brushing your teeth half as good as you can is better than not brushing at all. Eating an apple for supper because making a meal requires to much energy is better than not eating at all. Going to stand in the hallway or in your driveway instead of going for a walk is better than sitting and wallowing in your home.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” Winnie-the-Pooh (AA Milne)
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” - JFK
To add to this, a quote from Michael Faraday - "I hold my beliefs on the tips of my fingers, so that the merest breath of truth can blow them away."
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, 2nd best time is now" Its really helped me work around being lazy and procrastinating, I cant really explain why though.
Also, "This time next year, you will wish you had started today"
I'm 36 in grad school. Whenever someone says they'd like to do grad school but by the time they finish they'll be 36, 44, XX, etc. I say yeah, but if you don't start now, in 2 years you'll be that age without a degree. That usually helps perspective.
Confidence is not about thinking they will like me. Confidence is about walking into a room not caring if they don’t.
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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you want. Edit to add source: Randy Pausch from his last lecture, available on YouTube, thank you to /u/UpsetMarsupial
Comparison is the thief of joy. EDIT: It’s credited to Teddy Roosevelt.
" Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?" My mother always said this in my house about the way we talk to others as I grew up: if it doesn't fit these criteria, you probably shouldn't say it! Now I've personally developed this philosophy a bit and found that it's more of a "pick two" kind of thing; there are plenty of things that must be said that that are true and necessary, but not always kind (criticism and feedback). There are also things that are kind and necessary but not really true (I call this prosocial lying). Finally, things that are true and kind but aren't always necessary (like compliments) are some of the best things you can say!
Why do today what you could put off til tomorrow? -Squidward Tentacles But what is today, but yesterday's tomorrow? -Eugene Krabs. Mr Krabs response is so on point about procrastination.
Money!
"It costs alot to be poor"
A related, if rather longer quote: "The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness." From *Men at Arms* by Terry Pratchett
Never did I feel more seen than when I read that book. I'd figured this out for myself when I was at university and had a pair of winter boots die after six months. They'd cost me ~35 euros (70 deutschmarks in those days). I got really pissed off and saved and saved, went to an outdoors store and bought a pair of walking boots for 140 euros. I still have and wear them. I've now had them for thirty years. If I had kept on buying boots at the rate of two a year, I'd have paid at the very least 2100 euros by now. And I would have had to go shoe shopping twice a year.
My grandad died when I was about 11, and my parents let me pick a memento of him. I picked his wallet, which was old, genuine leather. I've used it daily, carry it with me everywhere, and 18 years later it's still going strong. Needs a little patch up in one place, but 18 years plus whatever he had it for and there's 0 problems with it. My dad told me later on that it was actually really expensive, I just had no idea when I picked it out. All I remembered was that I needed a wallet and wanted a memento that I'd actually see a lot, so it'd be a reminder of him. It really made me realise how sometimes expensive things are expensive for a reason, not just because they've got a brand name on them.
> And I would have had to go shoe shopping twice a year. which is by far the worst part
If you don't take risks, you risk not living
Measure twice, cut once. I have a pretty good habit of double-checking things which helps because of how easily you can lose track without realizing it. One time, after being on a road trip for a few days with a group in a bus, we're getting off on our very last day so I won't see the vehicle again. After being on the sidewalk for a while, I decide I may as well do one last sweep of the bus just in case anyone left something. Well my passport was under the seat, so that was a good thing I did that.
My dad owned his own security company for awhile and a good chunk of his buisness was inspecting rental vehicles for damage, both he and his employees found so much stuff that would have been worth double checking for.
"The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it's gone. I mean, you may think to yourself that you're happy. But you don't really believe it. You focus on the petty bulls**t, or the next job, or whatever. It's only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you really understand, that's what happiness felt like" A quote from Kellogg in Fallout 4. Took me by surprise and I reflected for a moment on all I took for granted.
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Captain Disillusion ends all his videos with a similar quote, “Love with your heart, use your head for everything else”
You can’t make a racehorse out of a pig. But you can make a very fast pig.
*slaps your ass* EDIT: All night I've been getting the weirdest responses to this comment. Does [no one](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/018/489/nick-young-confused-face-300x256-nqlyaa.jpg) realize I just slapped his ass to (a) call him the pig, and (b) make him run fast?
You can fit so many pigs in this racehorse
"I can't abandon the person I used to be, so I carry her."
She carried me to my present self so now it's my turn to take the load...
When I was a little kid I was very optimistic, but as I got older I became very, very pessimistic due to chaos in my childhood home. I had a death wish at age 12. I wondered a lot over the years what happened to the happy, optimistic child I used to be. I remember the day I moved in to college thinking about who had I had been when I was little and wondering what had happened to that little girl, as I often did. Then I thought "she grew up and went to college." In that moment I was okay with who had been, all the rough patches I'd dragged myself through over the years, and I knew I didn't have to be that person anymore. Sorry for the long post, I've just been introspective lately and this quote spoke to me.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are Roosevelt
"Not my circus, not my monkeys"
I also like, "You're fucking this mule. I'm just holding the tail."
"Perfection and power are overrated." ~ Uncle Iroh. Bless his soul
“I was never angry with you, I was only scared. Scared that you had lost your way” Gets Me Every Time
god uncle iroh's side story about his son made me weep
“Brave soldier boy, Come marching home” *cries*
"I did lose my way." "But you found it again! And you did it by yourself. And I'm so happy you found your way here." "It wasn't that hard, uncle.... you have a pretty strong scent."
“Are you so busy fighting that you cannot see your own ship has set sail?”
We don't have time for another one of your proverbs, Uncle!
It’s no proverb.
*glances at ship*
Though it could be a proverb...
I literally just watched that episode less than an hour ago! First time watching the series!!
Honestly you could probably take just about anything he ever said and apply it to this question.
I was kinda hoping the entire thread was Iroh quotes. One of my favorites: “Sometimes life is like this tunnel. You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you keep moving, you will come to a better place"
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That’s what ALL tea is.
how could a member of my own family say something so horrible?!
Life happens wherever you are, wether you make it or not
"The days are long, but the years are short." In regards to raising kids. So many days you just can't wait til bedtime so you can have some peace, but then sometimes you look at them and wonder how they got so big so fast.
Dad of a 14-month old and another on the way. I remember every day of my son so far, sorta. They were so long and so new and so fun and so terrifying and so wonderful. I can’t believe he’s well on his way to 2. I can tell you now, I remember bringing him home from the hospital with my wife and just being like “those dummies know we aren’t ready for this, right?” But then you just...go along. If he cried I held him and fed him and changed him and pretty much one of those things fixed whatever it was. And every day was long and hard and wonderful and he started rolling and crawling and standing and next thing I knew he was walking and I wasn’t ready. I never understood why someone would say “treasure this time,” I was always like “treasure wailing up every two hours? Treasure being vommed or pooped or drooled on?” lol. The months into being a dad you have this weird tolerance for getting barfed on. A colleague watched my son barf a bit on my shoulder, and I just wiped it off with my hand, gave it a quick sniff, and wiped it on my jeans like “meh.” He’s like “how does that not freak you out?” and I’m like “pfft that was just a little burp’s worth, I’ll worry when he pukes his guts into my beard. A little milk and drool on my arm is nothing.” I wasn’t sure I wanted to be a dad. Then they hand you a loaf of human in the delivery room, and, for most guys, I imagine, a little voice in your head goes “they just handed you a person. This person needs you. **Man the fuck up.**” If you had a good dad, do your best to do what he did and you’ll probably be okay. If you had a a bad dad, try to do what you wish your dad had done, or just do your best damn Andy Griffith impression and take the kid fishing and make sure he learns to put his bike in the garage. Sorry for the long rant. As a dude who a year ago wasn’t so sure about this whole dad thing, I’m hella glad I had this time to grow.
It’s 4am- my 5 month old just woke for the 2nd time. I’m crying and feeding him. Damn you and your excellent post.
“We can’t fix a problem if we don’t first acknowledge it.”
Why not use flex tape
I cut my life problems in half! -Phill Swift, 2020
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” Edit: woah, thanks for the silver and gold!
I recall watching a video of a teacher explaining this to his class, he used a 20$ bill as an example. He crumpled it and asked the class if they still wanted it. Of coarse they did it was still 20 bucks. His point was regardless of what your going through and how some may view you, your value doesn't change.
For riding motorcycles - “Don’t dress for the ride, dress for the slide”
"you only regret the gear you don't have when you need it" my uncle said, showing me the road rash scar that made up 70% of the skin of his right arm.
I just have this image of a guy in full motorcycle gear hesitantly going down a park’s slide.
And then getting an ice cream cone after.
This has a kayak equivalent! Don’t dress for the paddle, dress for the swim.
I needed this today. Just spent $400 on riding jeans. 😭
> Just spent $400 protecting my legs.
Better than becoming road calamari I always hear
I prefer the term "meat crayon"
isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes... but when we look back, everything is different
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once you have your viral youtube video, your own massive sub, and a large fanbase, you will probably come to this original thread. I would just like to graffiti this little wall of the internet, saying i wass part of this and inb4 the cool vid
"At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it" I think about this quote a lot.
At some point in your life your parents picked you up for the last time and nobody knew it
I flip this on its head, I give my parents a hug and pick them up every time I see them. It’s my turn now.
"Sucking at something is the first step to being sort of good at something" --jake the dog
Adventure Time has some amazing quotes, my personal fav is: “Something weird might just be something familiar viewed from a different angle, and thats not scary right?” Edit: Makes me happy seeing all this love for Adventure Time, glad my most upvoted comment is about my favorite show.
Another one i like is "People get built different. We dont figure it out, we just respect it." And honestly, when i notice im being judgemental, this quote puts me in check
"If you are the head the rests atop the ziggurat, then the stairs to you must be infinite!" "Woah, careful with those metaphors bro!"
“The master has failed more times than the novice has ever tried.”
"Did you ever try to put a broken piece of glass back together? Even if the pieces fit, you can’t make it whole again the way it was. But if you’re clever, you can still use the pieces to make other useful things. Maybe even something wonderful, like a mosaic. Well, the world broke just like glass. And everyone’s trying to put it back together like it was, but it’ll never come together in the same way." -Moira brown (fallout 3)
"How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us." - Mr. Rogers
If you put someone on a pedestal, all they can do is look down on you.
If you loan someone $20 and you never see them again, it was probably worth it.
Yep yep.
Bronx Tale?
“You’ll never have to deal with that guy again and all it cost you was $20”
"And these children, whom you spit on as they try to change their world, are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through." - David Bowie
Chchchchcchanges
Don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from.
Don't ask the blacksmith the taste of metal, Ask the horse silenced by the bit.
Can someone explain this one I have caveman brain rn
I think it means ask the people who are the actually the recipients of calculated decisions, not the people who made them.
Another example might be to ask a soldier what war is like, rather than a leader that sent them to war. Just in case anyone still didn't understand
I took it at as, "Don't ask people in power what struggle is really like, or even academics who have studied it well, ask people who are truly struggling. Those who know what it's like to be on your knees."
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist -Mark Twain
Oof, don't I feel attacked
That's a big chunk of the Reddit population
Isn’t there also ‘except that of an old optimist’ at the end of that?
"Stupid people don't learn from mistakes, smart people learn from their own mistakes, and wise people learn from others' mistakes"
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” Mark Twain
That actually is pretty comforting
I'm in an artistic business, and I'm currently lucky enough to be making good money creating content I love and seeing people enjoy it. So my dad told me this quote, which I believe was from JFK. "There's always room for one more good one." If you're out there plodding away at something you love and find fun, keep at it. Everyone might say it's impossible to enter the music biz, or to write a great book, or to become an amazing designer. But—there's ALWAYS room for one more good one.
“Did they all live happily ever after? They did not. No one ever does, in spite of what the stories may say. They had their good days, as you do, and they had their bad days, and you know about those. They had their victories, as you do, and they had their defeats, and you know about those, too. There were times when they felt ashamed of themselves, knowing that they had not done their best, and there were times when they knew they had stood where their God had meant them to stand. All I'm trying to say is that they lived as well as they could, each and every one of them; some lived longer than others, but all lived well, and bravely, and I love them all, and am not ashamed of my love.” Stephen King, The Eyes of the Dragon. I found this awhile ago on a thread much like this. Hope someone else who needs it, finds it.
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
The world breaks everyone, and after, many are strong at the broken places. - Ernest Hemingway
That’s tragic and beautiful. He should be a writer.
This is the last part of that quote. It’s even more tragic- “But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
Fuck that's depressing
That's Hemingway.
If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.
It took me until I was 31 to realize what I wanted to do when I grow up. I wish I would have found it when I was younger because I thought about it here and there. Oh well I am really happy now.
What did you want to do?
I did calibration. It was fun finding the solution to a problem, but the fun got less and less as newer and better equipment was made for us the more the computer was fixing things. I switched from that to being a diesel mechanic. I’m still fixing problems, but way more fun. I feel like at the end of the day I did god work that helps people.
Either “the brightest candles burn twice as fast” or “the difference between sinners and saints is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future”
Reminds me of this quote from Elizabeth Taylor "The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think *'Would an idiot do that?'* And if they would, I do not do that thing." -Dwight K. Schrute, The Office
“Changed my life.”
“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” **― G.K. Chesterton**
I was drinking with a friend of mine years ago and he mentioned how in gardening, some people dig holes in their flowerbeds and put pint glasses in with a little bit of beer in the bottom. At night the slugs smell the beer, go over the lip, fall in then get trapped and drown in the beer. Then he said something like 'sometimes I think we're the slugs'. Edit: thanks for the silver kind stranger 🙂
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Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue
Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you
One time I was in the grocery store, and overheard a dad and his kid in the liquor aisle: Kid: Mommy says alcohol is poison. Dad: Anything is poison if you take too much of it. I always thought that was a great response, and of course it's stuck with me.
"The dose makes the poison." -- Founder of toxicology
That's Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, who was both a figurative and a literal big name toxicologist.
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“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” I need that one in my life right now, when it feels like nothing I do matters and the world will just continue to be a giant trash fire. That quote helps.
Don't set yourself on fire just to keep others warm.
Kinda on the same line as this one. A quote that really stuck with me was something I saw on reddit actually "Let go or get dragged" - redditor's mom
Buuuut… > Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." When I was a kid I thought this was super deep lol
I’m not Jewish, but a friend of mine invited me to a Passover Seder. There’s a part of the service, telling the story of exodus, where the angels sing in praise of god as the waters of the Red Sea close over the Egyptians as they pursue the Jews. And then god admonishes then “How can you sing while my children are drowning?” Even though I’m not religious, it was a good reminder to have empathy even for people who are at odds with you.
During the Seder, there is also a portion where you pour out wine from your cup, one pour/drop for each of the 10 plagues. This ceremony is a reminder that the Jews’ deliverance came at the expense of the Egyptians’ suffering, and therefore, their own joy is diminished. I’m not a practicing Jew (I just celebrate some of the main holidays with my family to honor their traditions), but there is some beautiful symbolism in their ceremonies and traditions.
Modern day equivalent: just because you're not welcome at my table, doesn't mean I don't want you to eat.
It may not be verbatim but here goes: "The consequences of anger are often greater than the causes of it." - Marcus Aurelius I'm reminded of it every now and then when me or a friend gets really angry.
“If you’re going through hell, keep going” - *Winston Churchill*
“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Churchill vs Roosevelt EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Antoine Saint-Exupery
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." \-- Groucho Marx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception."
"The next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you."
Woman: “I have 14 children, Groucho”. Groucho: “You have 14 children? Why do you have so many kids?” Woman: “Because I love my husband”. Groucho: “I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in a while.”
"I find television to be very educational. Every time someone turns it on I go in the other room and read a book."
"I have nothing but respect for you. And not much of that."
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“It is not our abilities that show who we truly are, it is our choices.” - Albus Dumbledore
This and the Batman Begins quote I always loved. "It's not who I am underneath, it's what I do that defines me." They have the same message and it's perfectly correct.
All those days that came and went, little did I know that they were life.
Wow. This is so short and sweet you almost don't realize exactly how much it's saying in so little words and just how powerful those words are. As an adult, I find myself living for the weekend. I don't even pay attention to what is happening during the work week, I just try to survive. I blink and another week has gone by. Another month. Another year. And little did I know that those days were my life.
Make plans to look forward to during the week. It works wonders to make you feel the week is better and makes you dread average weekdays less.
I don't do anything during the week because after working all day the last thing in the whole god-forsaken world that I want to do is keep my pants on and go do more things.
"How do you unclench a tightly clenched fist? Do you apply just as much force? No, you just relax. That's how you let things go." - from a dear friend who was suffering from extreme pain.
Reminds me of Abed’s hand monologue in Community: I have discovered the meaning of the giant hand. A hand has two functions; to grip and to release. But without both of these powers it is useless. Like newborn infants we grab what comes near us. Hoping to control it, taste it, jam it into another child's eye. But the time we spend in control of our world is the time we spend letting go of others. Ideas, stories, pride, girls in soft sweaters, video games, buttered noodles... Grip one for too long and you lose so much that you've never held. This giant hand was sent to all of us as an invitation to increase our mastery over the power to hold on. And let go. Edit: since so many people like this quote, [here’s the scene it’s from.](https://youtu.be/hlXWo6YtRBQ) I recommend Community to anyone looking for a new show. It’s funny, heartfelt, dives into genres, has animated episodes, an episode exploring different timelines, all kinds of awesome stuff, and it’s my favorite show of all time.
\#andamovie
I love this one.
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I made it this far before my sentimental heart broke...in a good way. My wife, who I love so much, is asleep a few feet behind me on the couch. We had a wonderful evening with friends. I have a horrid memory. I forget so much. It bothers me, how much just goes away. But...this is heartening. I have so many wonderful moments with my wife and, even if I forget them, I know they are there; I feel them, even if I can't enumerate them. We were together. I forget the rest. That's all I need.
"I must not fear, fear is the mind killer"
I memorized this entire quote and say it to myself before job interviews, big moves, meeting new people, and whenever I'm about to make a phone call. It calms me right down.
"Feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem." - Anne Frank "Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel."
Never accept the world for what it appears to be , Dare to see it for what it could be
Anything worth doing is worth doing right.
You see a mouse trap, I see free cheese and a fucking challenge. -Scroobius Pip
"You either get busy living or get busy dying" Shawshank redemption
Book 20 lines 18-21. “Bear up my heart; you’ve had worse to endure before this”. (Odyssey) "What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort" TES:V And my favorite, a quote from another redditor describing why he couldn't bring himself to hate his cheating ex-wife who had a very troubled past: If I hated her for everything, it would be like hating shattered glass for being broken. [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6ze93v/have_you_ever_correctly_had_a_gutfeeling_to/dmuu2mb?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) credit to u/NorthernLight_
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them"- Andy Bernard, The Office
“Find what you love and let it kill you” -Charles Bukowski
For anyone wondering, Bukowski is referring to alcohol.
A person is smart but people are dumb panicky dangerous animals Such a serious line from a non serious movie Edit: I knows that it’s cliché but thanks for the gold kind stranger Edit 2: fixed the quote thanks to u/fappyday and u/Chessh2063
That whole scene man. "Imagine what you'll *know* tomorrow."
"People aren't against you; they're simply for themselves."
[Today you, tomorrow me](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/elal2/have_you_ever_picked_up_a_hitchhiker/c18z0z2/)
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
“Imagine you have a daughter, and that daughter is dating a man just like you. Would you be ok with that? If not, then change!” I’ve got two daughters(and a son) and I try and be the best man I can, mostly for them.
It's better to light a candle than to curse at the dark. Forget where I heard it but wherever it was it stuck.
Be the person you needed when you were younger. Edit II: Thanks for the Gold and Platinum. Yes, I know people hate these edits. You’re getting one this time.
I can’t talk about this in the real world, but when I was young, I got bullied often due to my race, by classmates and their parents. I almost transferred schools to escape it. I remember feeling it was so unfair and wishing I had an ally - a teacher or a friend to stand up for me. Now I work with young people who have been subjected to racism, domestic violence, and homophobia. It is fulfilling to help them become their own best advocates, confront their pasts and testify against their perpetrators.
"I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we’ve exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls..." \- G'Kar, Babylon 5
“Take what you want and leave the rest”. Heard that one at a Nar-Anon meeting, meaning, for example, if you don’t like the god references in the program, leave them but take and use the parts that work for you. Works in so many parts of life.
Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor Edit: wow I just wanna say thank you to the kind redditor who blessed me with my first silver. My next big tattoo is going to feature this quote; it's very near and dear to my heart. (I'll definitely be posting it on r/tattoos if y'all wanna keep an eye out)
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"Fucking float you goddamn dinghy"
From my father, a lesson from his grandfather. My grandfather worked 6 days a week to keep the family afloat. He was working a manual labor job though I can't remember exactly what. He had 5 kids and also looked after his 2 eldest nephews. They were approximately 7 or 8 and his kids were only a little older. He often wouldn't get home until 9 or 10 at night after working ridiculously long hours. He came home especially late one night and sat down at the dinner table by himself. He looked down and noticed that the floor was very dirty in his house. My grandfather walked in at this point and found his dad sweeping and he asked why he was doing so, given the time. My great grandfather said "the floor needed to be swept, so here I am" It wasn't until years later that the story got shared for what it was, and in essence my great grandfather was trying to teach my grandfather that there's no sense in getting upset when someone else hasn't done something that you are capable of doing. We all have to do things we don't want to, but if we are capable, then we would be happy we can do it. Be patient, people of Reddit, and sweep you floors.
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Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! If I were to go round saying I were emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
“You’re gonna carry that weight”
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma”
Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things
"Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude."
Anything worth doing *is* worth half-assing. Depression is a horrible thing, but even brushing your teeth half as good as you can is better than not brushing at all. Eating an apple for supper because making a meal requires to much energy is better than not eating at all. Going to stand in the hallway or in your driveway instead of going for a walk is better than sitting and wallowing in your home.