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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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[–] AncillaryJustice@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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
[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This one is from my previous boss: “you gotta do what’s good for you, and nobody else”

Taught me to prioritize things that are important to me and not to live for the sake of others

Another was “you can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves”

Taught me that some efforts are futile because unwillingness from others will result in deterioration to the status quo unless they’re willing to participate to move things forward

[–] RomanRoy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"Better say sorry than ask for permission"

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression"

[–] Nikki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"i have d cups grandma, the waitress thinks you have dementia"

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[–] ZuriMuri@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

„Old habits die hard“

&

"Anything that can go wrong will (eventually) go wrong."

  • Added the eventually for Murphy’s law because in its original version it kinda implies that everything that can will go wrong right away
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[–] Sabakodgo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“There isn't any shame in being weak, the shame is in staying weak” - black clover

[–] SuperRecording@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass"

Been almost 30 years, what a dumb quote to come to mind so often. I never say it, haven't seen Die Hard 3 since the '90s, no idea why it's stuck so hard

[–] burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

"If you are racist, I will attack you with the North"

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

For my whole life is a tall order. Probably "what goes around comes around".

[–] randoom@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"Love is the only rational act." -Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.

[–] CuriousBeagle@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!!" - Red, The Roadside Picnic

An impossible wish, yet one that burned itself into my heart the moment I read it, and a quote that has kept me walking.

[–] bzxt@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

In this world, the only thing we truly own is the body we shape everyday

  • Sun Ken Rock manga
[–] provisional 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

"When in doubt, draw a distinction." - Neil Postman

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[–] meatbag2010@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Life, don't talk to me about life...

[–] C4d@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Look after your equipment and your equipment will look after you.

-and-

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

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