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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are a few off the top of my head (though I looked up the original kanji for some of the Japanese ones)...

To enjoy life's immensity, you do not need many things.

Ryōkan, a Japanese poet

Ain't no shame in holding onto grief, as long as you make room for other things too.

Bubbles, from the last episode of The Wire

Honor is dead, but I'll see what I can do.

Kaladin, from The Stormlight Archive Book 2 by Brandon Sanderson

Beware the difference between intelligibility and correctness.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Success consists of moving from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

猿も木から落ちる (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Even monkeys fall from trees.

Anonymous, traditional Japanese saying

正勝吾勝 (Makatsu agatsu)

True victory is victory over one's self.

Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido