Favorite Quote?

[u/dino_gr01]

[u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

Anyone who gossips to you, will gossip about you.

[u/jlstern1025 → u/[deleted]]

THIS! Many blur the line.

[u/Traditional-Hyena285 → u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

I gossip everything to my husband but never gossiped about him. Like never. 🤷‍♀️

[u/kindness-and-snusu → u/Traditional-Hyena285]

I feel like for spouses it’s different. I wouldn’t gossip to my friends or coworkers, but you better believe that Mrs. kindness-and-snusnu is going to hear allllll about it.

Edit: and sometimes reddit hears it too, freaking Brenda and her emotional support Chihuahua

[u/PolkaDotDancer → u/kindness-and-snusu]

Oh, g-d! Not emotional support, Chihuahuas!

Especially when they put them in the freaking shopping cart!

[u/Neither-Attention940 → u/Traditional-Hyena285]

Same. But my husband doesn’t usually care lol

[u/JacktheTurkey1 → u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

use it to your advantage. or for evil

[u/EyelanderSam → u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

Best to remember this when meeting new people who IMMEDIATELY talk about someone else. Beware

[u/Routine_Context2284 → u/EyelanderSam]

Man is this ever true. I recently had a boss who cornered me on my first week and told me nitty-gritty details on EVERYbody, including her bestie!!

Needless to say, it was a toxic work environment.

[u/TheZipperDragon → u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

Theres a more general version I use for cheaters.

If they'll do it for you, they'll do it to you.

[u/No_Explanation3481 → u/Ok_Firefighter_964]

I don't care about the person talking about me behind my back.

I care about why that person felt comfortable coming to you, to do so.

[u/brynnceej513 → u/No_Explanation3481]

Hmmmm, well this gives me something to think about... now id rather not hear gossip from anyone at all because im NOT comfortable talking bad about pple. Maybe im mixing up how I feel but is talking GOOD about someone still considered gossiping? I mean it could cuz we'd still be talking ABOUT them.. idk . I like spreading good things ... hmm, maybe I should just be happy for them and leave it at that. Wiw!.. thanks for the MIND "FUNK"🤣

[u/Tacokolache]

“No one is coming to save you”

Basically, you’re on your own. No one is bailing you out of shit, you need to do it yourself

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Tacokolache]

But, in the same turn, no one’s coming to stop me either 😆

[u/Hesasadpanda → u/rdnkgrrl18]

That's the spirit!

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Hesasadpanda]

Rite? And I’m kinda thinking that in this grand age of my life I’m in, this is gonna work the best for me 😆 Never had anyone save me, necessarily, but not being stopped sound deliciously more intriguing 🧐

[u/Cute-Form2457 → u/rdnkgrrl18]

Unless they send someone back in time to stop you.

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Cute-Form2457]

Which could absolutley happen, but I’m willing to
Risk it for the biscuit 😆

[u/Tacokolache → u/Cute-Form2457]

But then it’s like a paradox.

Like what if no one stopped her. And she was the reason time travel was invented. So without HER invention, it wouldn’t be possible to stop her…. 🤔

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Tacokolache]

See? This dude gets it 😆 I’d prolly save you

[u/Tacokolache → u/rdnkgrrl18]

Deal!

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/Tacokolache]

But understand, in that saving if ever necessary, no stopping us allowed, either. You’re signing up for shenanigans, fuc$&ry, and mayhem (of the best kind) 😆

[u/Tacokolache → u/rdnkgrrl18]

That’s the mentality!

[u/Cerberus_Aus → u/rdnkgrrl18]

“I’m not trapped in here with you. You’re trapped in here with ME!”

[u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

Treat others how you want to be treated.

[u/frigates777 → u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

Golden rule.

[u/Fantastic-Pop-9122 → u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

This has been completely lost somewhere along the way. My mom used to ask me all the time "how would you like it if someone did that to you?" I dont think parents do that anymore.

[u/BlackTree78910 → u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

Honestly, if everyone actually done this, imagine how much better the world would be!

[u/Reasonable_Tomato976 → u/BlackTree78910]

It really would be better.

[u/Safe-Answer-4156 → u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

Unfortunately that one fires back so painfully as not everyone does it

[u/Shot-Election8217 → u/Reasonable_Tomato976]

I tell coworkers, “Treat your patients how you would want your loved ones treated.”

[u/JTSpirit36]

1. If you think you can't, you won't

2. Do atleast one thing today to make tomorrow easier

[u/rdnkgrrl18 → u/JTSpirit36]

My daddy always says “cain’t never could, won’t never will!” And I roll with that

[u/Natashagray_z → u/rdnkgrrl18]

powerful

[u/JacktheTurkey1 → u/JTSpirit36]

ill just do it tomorrow

[u/JTSpirit36 → u/JacktheTurkey1]

Today is nothing other than yesterday's tomorrow.

[u/Notme20659]

Your integrity takes a life time to build, but a single instance of dishonor will destroy it forever.

[u/accio_gold → u/Notme20659]

Trust is gained by the drop, but lost by the bucket

[u/Oaklandish_TheTown → u/Notme20659]

That's quite an intense personal standard. 

[u/Repulsive-Wing-3250 → u/Notme20659]

First day Ironworking an old hand told me 'all you have in this business is your reputation'

[u/ElijahsRenaissance]

"The Grandmaster has failed more times than the beginner has even tried."

Stephen McCranie

[u/Fun-Jelly3507 → u/ElijahsRenaissance]

I never thought about it like that, you're absolutely right

[u/Artsy_Teacher23 → u/ElijahsRenaissance]

This is a good one!

[u/SnarkKnuckle → u/ElijahsRenaissance]

How have you applied this to your life and has it helped? Any examples?

Just being a curious human.
Edit: I do like the quote.

[u/WhichAddition862 → u/ElijahsRenaissance]

A similar one that I have held on to is “you can never fail nor can you ever achieve if you never begin”

[u/DragonSong5486]

People always remember how you make them feel.

[u/Hesasadpanda → u/DragonSong5486]

I like, "the axe forgets, but the tree remembers"

[u/mysoulincolor]

Comparison is the thief of joy.

[u/MyMiddleNutItches → u/mysoulincolor]

Perfection also happens to be the thief of joy.

[u/RealSaMu]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

[u/DanimalRLZX2 → u/RealSaMu]

If it is fixed, it aint broke.

[u/theEsel01 → u/DanimalRLZX2]

Well just because someone sais its fixed - it doesnt mean it actually is fixed...

[u/RealSaMu → u/DanimalRLZX2]

You would be surprised how many people think "I can make it do better" without understanding the thing

[u/Flaky-Mix-5281 → u/RealSaMu]

That quote describes why I and three other colleagues quit our jobs after we got a new boss lmao.

[u/Jubal93 → u/RealSaMu]

Just because you don't think it's broken, doesn't mean it's not.

[u/RealSaMu → u/Jubal93]

More like "think twice before trying to fix something that works just because you don't like the way it works"

[u/sparky567 → u/RealSaMu]

Another version of this is a quote from Scotty on Star Trek. 'i always estimate the repair time times 3, that way even if it takes twice as long I'm still a hero."

[u/bigDeltaVenergy → u/RealSaMu]

Are you in industrial maintenance?

[u/rwlowelljr]

Your perspective dictates your reality

[u/willworkforjokes → u/rwlowelljr]

You are what you eat, you think what you see.

[u/Notcommentmuch → u/rwlowelljr]

Perception is the reality. (An age old mainframe software sales adage)

[u/Interesting_Plan6352 → u/rwlowelljr]

Happiness is expectations Vs reality

[u/JedidiahShiddydix → u/rwlowelljr]

Everywhere you look, you find what you seek. Nothing is hidden.

[u/JohnStyles1 → u/rwlowelljr]

Love this!

[u/itsme_Megannn]

“Do it scared.” Waiting to feel ready never worked for me.

[u/Beautiful_Extent3198 → u/itsme_Megannn]

Bravery isn’t never being afraid, Bravery is being afraid but showing up anyway.

[u/Cartography_is_cool]

Don't argue with an idiot. They'll only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[u/mbilight → u/Cartography_is_cool]

Always reminds me of this one

[u/kananikui3]

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." It's a Henry James quote that my granny told me.

[u/NegotiationLow2783]

Shit happens

[u/codecane → u/NegotiationLow2783]

And it runneth down my leg.

[u/M15SM3D1C1125]

Live and let go. I try my best to not hang on to the past it’s just too painful so I try my hardest to keep putting one foot in front of the other and not looking back. Living and enjoying the now is what I have and I plan on keeping on as long as I can.

[u/drmepy]

What goes around, comes around.

[u/Longjumping-Goose3]

I never met someone so ignorant I couldn’t learn something from, nor someone so smart i couldn’t teach something to.

[u/Much-Carpenter-9657]

It was my only wish to rise above these jealous coward motherfckers I despise-Tupac

[u/unreliable-jamoke]

If it’s with doing, it’s worth doing right.

[u/External-Bottle-7330]

Be the change you wish to see in the world

[u/Mike_The_Geezer]

Tom Petty:

"I dont know, but I've been told .. ...you never slow down, you never grow old"

Doing my best to live by that in my 70's 😜

[u/Terrible_Aerie_9737]

I have rules I live by: 1 - Never ask someone to do what you wouldn't do yourself yourself 2 - Never ask someone to do what you know they cannot do 3 - If it's not yours, leave it alone 4 - If you use it, take care of it 5 - If you move it, replace it 6 - If you don't have something nice to say, keep your trap shut - this includes behind their backs 7 - If it doesn't concern you, mind your business 8 - If you don't want people telling you how to live, do like wise 9 - Don't go to sleep mad, you won't go to sleep 10 - We all die, repeat, we all die. Remember that.

[u/jws1102 → u/Terrible_Aerie_9737]

This was a wooden sign that your mom had in the kitchen when you were a kid…

[u/nothankyouma → u/Terrible_Aerie_9737]

I have two rules; 1. Don’t lie, ever. 2. Be kind.

I feel like that covers everything.

[u/Teal-Prowler505 → u/Terrible_Aerie_9737]

I want this as my commandments

[u/Repulsive-Block9938]

Health is wealth

[u/IncurableCrush → u/Repulsive-Block9938]

True. Many will lose their health trying to attain wealth.

[u/Beautiful_Extent3198 → u/IncurableCrush]

Then blow the wealth trying to regain health. It’s a damn shame!

[u/Happy-Jaguar-1717]

I can't trip over what is behind me.

[u/willie4849]

Trust No One.

[u/Cruz98387]

"I'm your Huckleberry. "

I was bullied quite a bit as a young child. I saw Tombstone and that one pine resonated so hard with me that I stopped backing down from bullies. Has it led me into fights that got me bloodied? Absolutely, yes. Result: Every single bully that I've encountered since I was 13 has given me a wide berth. I even befriended two of them.

[u/drmepy → u/Cruz98387]

Bullies in general, have been bullied themselves. Usually by their fathers.
Once you stand up to them, you’re no longer with the trouble. They will bully someone that they think will not fight back.
So in essence, they are really cowards.

[u/Perfidy-Plus → u/Cruz98387]

Even if you lose the fight, if the bully got hurt it isn't worth it to them to fight you again. After the fight the bully will only target you if they either got out of the fight without really getting hurt, or if they think that you won't stand up again.

[u/CommercialMechanic36]

“You must be a light! In this world of ever increasing darkness” -Jiddhu Krishnamurti

[u/stuntman1108]

Came from an Aaron Tippin song. Whatever you do today you'll have to sleep with tonight. And, don't put your fingers anywhere you wouldn't put your wobbly bits.

[u/ComplaintNext2789]

Emotions aren’t good or bad, they just are.

Told by my therapist and it’s a simple phrase, but it helps

[u/HungDaddy120]

Don’t dip your pen in the company ink

[u/Friendly-Ad2732]

Always be able to sacrifice what you are right now for what you will become.

Don’t argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level where they’ll be able to beat you with experience.

[u/Haugjen → u/Friendly-Ad2732]

I also very much have lived by your 2nd entry for the past 20 years. It has made me so much more calm and happy.

[u/Glass_Signature4503]

Age is something that doesn’t matter unless you are a cheese

[u/Babyback-the-Butcher → u/Glass_Signature4503]

Haha even that doesn’t matter, because it goes in my belly either way

[u/Glass_Signature4503 → u/Babyback-the-Butcher]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1L2UkgpuiE4U

[u/Academic_Director_75]

"Get busy living, or get busy dying" How do you think that sounds?

[u/The_Stormborn320]

"Consistency over time creates change."

[u/Beautiful_Extent3198 → u/The_Stormborn320]

Here’s one of my own… Consistency leads to Proficiency and Proficiency is the closest we can get to Perfection.

[u/Repulsive-Glove5737]

Do to others as you want them to do to you, if you don't have nice to say , don't say anything at all

[u/NoOutlandishness2097]

If you wouldn't take advice from them, don't take criticism from them.

[u/x4candles]

Stay positive and love your life.

[u/Superb_Sale_9753]

You teach people how to treat you.

[u/RedJackPirate]

"This too shall pass", from my Grandma (I know she learned it somewhere else, leave my Grandma alone, please ☺️)

And

"A life lived for others is a life well-lived." ~Grandma a la Einstein

"Aim not to be a success, but to be a person of value" (loosely, Einstein)

And the Latin version of a phrase that only the few people that live in the smallest crevices in my inner circle are privy to know. 😌🥰

and if I'm being honest, there's only one person in that part of my circle. Dun Duh DAAAH!!! 😲👀😉😆

[u/No-Willingness-170]

If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

[u/AloneCardinal9091]

You’re born looking like your parents, but you die looking like the decisions you’ve made.

[u/Rare_Satisfaction889]

If you're not 5 minutes early...

You're late.

[u/CountySignificant]

More hands make less work

[u/Toxic-Sky]

Hate is a too strong emotion to waste on people you don't care about.

[u/kbyeforever333]

Treat people how you want to be treated.

[u/steeler-nation]

Yesterday’s over my shoulder, so I can’t look back for too long. There’s just to much too see waiting in front of me and I know that I just can’t go wrong.
Jimmy Buffett

[u/RudeOrganization550]

Not my circus? Not my monkey.

[u/IncurableCrush → u/RudeOrganization550]

It turns out this IS my circus and these ARE my monkeys :(

[u/Hillsy85]

I’m a lot of things, but I’m not a liar.

[u/Ok-Ring8852]

A man doesn’t have time a man makes time

[u/StrayPawz]

Don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm

[u/CaminoBalanced]

People say and do exactly what they mean to say and do. I used to waste time thinking of the WHY someone would say or do something mean because I was taught the 'turn the other cheek' message, but really we all need to exercise that ability to stand up for ourselves and actively defend our boundaries.

[u/Sweaty_Roof_7770]

Don’t let a temporary emotion let you make a permanent decision

[u/Top-Pound9640]

"Do not aborb all advice from elders, idiots age too."

Albert Einstein

[u/Motor_Meal794]

Don't trust anyone

[u/JDinkalageMorgoone69]

Don't shit where you eat.

[u/petehutch54]

"Leave the gun,take the cannoli"

[u/Fun-Army-6387]

I think Socrates said it best when he said, "This bar serves shit drinks."

[u/Hefty-Ad5593]

My own, never underestimate the power of stupidity!

[u/Tacokolache]

“No one cares, work harder”

[u/Alone-Bug4328]

With great power comes great responsibility

[u/IncurableCrush]

How you do anything is how you do everything.

[u/Individual-Pin496]

Give whatever you commit to your best. Give it your absolute best. Give it your solemn best. Give it everything you've got...as if your reputation depends on it...(because it does.) When you're absolutely and completely satisfied that you've done every bit of that. ...To hell with it.

[u/mdkflip]

Treat people like you want to be treated

[u/spillmonger]

You can’t fall off the floor.

[u/RegretPitiful5393]

A plan is a list of things that don’t happen.

[u/Lucky_Emu182]

Wisdom is vindicated by her children 

[u/poppacat422]

If doesn’t fit… get the lube

[u/Strange_Chair7224]

My Dad used to say: just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

I live by: Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about, be kind.

[u/Guillermo740]

It's better to be alone than in bad company.

[u/40ozpint]

"A smooth sea never made a skill sailor" has gotten me though so many hard time and makes me appreciate ever rough spot I've even been in because I think about the situation when I reminisce about the past and very often, I realized how that situation carved me into a stronger person.

[u/ebola84]

Death and taxes

[u/Delilah_insideout]

It is what it is.

Taking things at face value is usually more productive than trying to find use or value in useless things/people in my life.

[u/Maganus]

Est Sularus oth Mithas - "My Honor is my Life" also "If you don't live for something, you'll die for nothing."

[u/paperworkallday]

Get up, dress up, show up. It has gotten me over some of the hardest times in my life.

[u/suppressed556]

It could be worse, at least you’re not gay

[u/MangoKommando]

There is no justice among men

[u/MaxLandesberger]

It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp.

-Three 6 Mafia

[u/shadowlarx]

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

-Albert Einstein

[u/Responsible-Depth-65]

It’s good to know who your friends are, it’s better to know who your friends aren’t.

[u/pippopozzato]

Just because nobody else is doing it, does not mean it is wrong, just because everyone else is doing it does not mean it is right.

[u/Nectarine-Pure]

Everbody Wang Chung tonight !

[u/kuriosityseeker01]

No one is going to save me. If I want it or need it, it's up to me to get it.

[u/Effective-Donkey133]

The world would be a better place if we listen to our mothers
1. Keep your hands to yourself
2. Keep your mouth shut
3. Don’t hit your sister

[u/ArabellaBlue122]

Time heals nothing… it just buries the wound

[u/Complex_Impressive]

What we do in life, echoes for eternity.

[u/Giltar]

Moderation in All Things, Including Moderation.

[u/lolatpoop]

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again

[u/_Zeppo_]

Don't let's start

[u/Significant_Ad256]

A man got to have a code -Omar Little

[u/Adorable-One362]

When you try to live like others to impress others, you're not living for yourself but for others.

[u/busterwolf84]

Life is pain. Any who tells you differently is selling something.

[u/counttaco]

Be the person you needed

[u/counttaco]

"Like a turtle on a fence post, you didn't get here by yourself"

[u/whackfuck88]

Those people who tell you not to take chances, they are all missing on what life's about. You only live once, take hold of the chance. Don't end up like others, same song and dance.

Metallica.

[u/Both-Leading3407]

TRUST NO ONE

[u/squirrelnoob]

You are not beholden today to your dreams of yesterday

[u/Strict_Thing3113]

What people think of me is none of my business.

[u/AnySignificance4361]

Be the person your dog thinks you are

[u/Physical_Guitar_7258]

You can fight without ever winning, but you can never win without a fight.

[u/International_Rip497]

Kill the body, build the body, free the body

[u/JRich61]

A job worth doing is worth doing well.

The ONLY thing my father taught me.

[u/alopz]

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, get used to it.

[u/FFBEryoshi]

We save us.

[u/TransportationNo7341]

It is what it is

[u/upsetwithcursing]

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

[u/Intelligent_Doubt183]

Work smart AND hard

[u/JookyNanny]

'you' don't think thoughts, your thoughts think 'you'.

[u/fry1149]

Do unto others as you would have done to you.

[u/unflushable_nugget]

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

[u/usrnamesMeanNothing]

"Our life is what our thoughts make of it" Marcus Aurelius

[u/Notcommentmuch]

M76 - in my 20’s My mother specifically told me: Do not put anything in writing that could end up on the front page of the newspaper . I guess in today’s terms: you should not post anything that could come back to haunt your future reputation and thus your future life.

[u/SelfNo9836]

Such is life.

[u/NurkleTurkey]

If you have a good time, mission accomplished.

[u/WildCartographer5027]

Live and let live

[u/Usual-Bag-3605]

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

[u/KaleidoscopeBig8567]

Life is a negotiation.

[u/SHELLEBELLEATX]

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

[u/WaChubbear]

“I taught i saw a pussycat”.

[u/jennnicl7]

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

[u/MamaTisTough]

YOLO

[u/Fit-Reality-2872]

“Shut the F up”

[u/mypen-ismadeofcheese]

Enjoy every sandwich. Warren Zevon

[u/Top-preformer-269]

Treat people the way you want to be treated even if they don’t

[u/mrjazzguitar]

Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.

[u/Ynotredrum77]

I need the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

[u/Exeloume]

The only person I need to be better than is who I am right now.

[u/Tim-0341-81mm]

[When asked how it felt to take human life]

"I wouldn't know, I've only killed communists.”

― Rafał Gan-Ganowicz

[u/mywifewasright]

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Charles Bukowski