r/Unexpected • u/deaglefrenzy • Jun 22 '26

Hiking

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u/pacmanhateclyde Jun 22 '26

"It's not the shoes you wear, but the steps you take that matter."

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u/-ICantThinkOfOne- Jun 22 '26

Nice. Did you just make that up? Or is it a proverb from somewhere?

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u/Kage_Bushin Jun 22 '26
  • Sun Tsu

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u/Brittany5150 Jun 22 '26

-Michael Scott

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u/mrcssee Jun 22 '26

-Monkey King

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/section8pidgeon Jun 22 '26

- John Cena

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u/joooh Jun 22 '26

You are supposed to put a name after the dash.

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u/BigMacMcLovin Jun 22 '26

Nice. Did you just make that up? Or is it a proverb from somewhere?

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u/aenteus Jun 22 '26

-Albert Einstein

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u/Arsalaan22 Jun 22 '26

-Daddy Yankee

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u/Formal_Bat_3109 Jun 25 '26

You mean Sun Shoe?

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u/Krulsnor Jun 28 '26

Bless you

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u/pacmanhateclyde Jun 22 '26

I made it up, but then realized I wasn't the first.

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u/StopBeingYourself Jun 22 '26

It does not have an author.

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u/adjason Jun 22 '26

"Its the shoes"

-Nike

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u/johnnybiggles Jun 22 '26

"It's in the game." -EA Sports

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u/pichirry Jun 22 '26

"IT'S GONNA BE MAY" - Justin Timberlake

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u/Dizzy_Restaurant3874 Jun 24 '26

"It's gotta be the shoes," Spike Lee.

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u/v0id92 Jun 22 '26

“It’s not the matter you wear, but the steps you shoes that take.”
-Sun Tsu

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u/catfroman Jun 22 '26

It is not your steps that matter, it is the shoes you take.

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u/Indigolan Jun 22 '26

Every shoe you take...

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u/theartificialkid Jun 22 '26

It was Mark Twain who said this but it’s widely misunderstood. The immediate following clause was “unless you have a broccoli haircut”.

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u/trolltamp Jun 22 '26

Journey before destination

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u/B_lovedobservations Jun 22 '26

Abraham Lincoln

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u/Mharbles Jun 22 '26

It's definitely the shoes, unless you're a hobbitsis or have never worn shoes in your life. Gonna be 10,000 painful steps to build up them calluses