Sometimes in life, you hear or read words that make so much sense to you, they get stuck in your head forever. And some even change your outlook on life and the way you live it.
Do you have quotes like this that you remember?
Here is what 25 AskReddit users had to say.
1. You have to figure it out.
“I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.”
2. Never a good thing.
“Beware of the man who will not be bothered with details” – William Feather
3. Dumb luck.
“Love is not about grand gestures, or the moon and the stars. It’s just dumb luck. Sometimes you find someone who feels the same way for you and sometimes you’re just unlucky.”
4. Don’t do that to yourself.
“If you stress too much about something before it happens, you basically put yourself through it twice.”
5. Keep it simple.
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein
6. Ha! This is pretty good.
“Y’all don’t know what you’re capable of! You’re not gonna die out here! And if you do die, there was probably something wrong with you already!” -My football coach
7. A classic.
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
8. Think about that one.
“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right.”
– Henry Ford
9. He was the best.
“I never fucked a ten. But one night, I fucked five twos, and I think that should count.”
-George Carlin
10. A good one.
“Loneliness is a good thing to share with someone.”
-Ernie “Coach” Pantusso, Cheers
11. Listen up, people.
“Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.”
-Edmund Burke
12. This is true.
“Success is the best revenge.”
13. Do good.
“God forgives everything; your conscience does not”
My great-grandfather (1912-2014)
14. Amen to this.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
I think more people in the U.S. need to understand this concept. Not everything has to be radicalized into one position and forbidden to ever question an ideology.
15. Live by this!
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
-A.A.Milne
16. Never stop.
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
17. Dogs are wonderful.
“The more I see of man, the more I like dogs”
18. Find out why…
“The 2 most important days in your life, is the day you are born and the day you find out why”.
~Theodore Roosevelt
19. I love this one.
“You can’t judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree.”
-Albert Einstein
20. From The Outsiders
“Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold.”
21. Think about who comes next.
“A society grows great when old men plant trees,the shade of which they know they will never sit in.”
22. This is perfect.
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why they call it the present.” -Master Oogway
23. Very true.
“People who talk about their integrity have none.”
24. You’ll always be there.
“Wherever you go, there you are”
Meaning that if you think you will change when “something” happens, i.e a new job, a new house, a new significant other, losing weight, whatever problems are due to you will still be there.
25. One final thought.
“Don’t look back. You’re not going that way”
— Mary Engelbreit
Those were so good, I even wrote some of them down!
Let’s keep this thread going!
In the comments, please share the quotes and words that you’ve remembered since the first day you heard them.
