Quotes
✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐈 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩
“The value of something lies in the mind and hands of the beholder”
The things we call “accidents” are in fact not accidents at all, but natural consequences of larger systemic forces shaped by corporations and governments.
“To gain something, something of equal value must be sacrificed.”
“All is one, one is all.” - Fullmetal Alchemist
“I want to fight to get rid of the voices in my head” - Guts, Berserk
“Never underestimate progress no matter how slow.”
“What kind of runner can run as fast as they possibly can from the very start of a race?"
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. - Amelia Earhart
“Moai” - Lifelong group of friends, Okinawa
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
- Thomas A Edison
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ~ Cesar A. Cruz
“Be careful what you cast out — the vacancy is quickly filled” — Austin Osman Spare
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” — Voltaire
“There is no product or service more ecological, sustainable and recyclable than the one we do not use.” — Philippe Bihouix
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. — André Gide
“Literature is perhaps nothing more complicated and glorious than the act of writing and publishing, and publishing again and again.”
- Marcelo Ballvé, on the curious writing career of César Aira
There’s no saint like a reformed sinner.
… But if we laugh with derision, we will never understand. Human intellectual capacity has not altered for thousands of years so far as we can tell. If intelligent people invested intense energy in issues that now seem foolish to us, then the failure lies in our understanding of their world, not in their distorted perceptions. Even the standard example of ancient nonsense – the debate about angels on pinheads – makes sense once you realise that theologians were not discussing whether five or eighteen would fit, but whether a pin could house a finite or an infinite number.
– S. J. Gould, “Wide Hats and Narrow Minds”
When the student is ready the teacher appears.
The Thinker - Statue - Auguste Rodin
“You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next, and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again.”
~Ernest Hemingway
If you don’t struggle, you don’t improve.
Being strong is not about power or moves, it is about Heart.
~Roronoa Zoro
The Strong do not always win, the Winners are the Strongest
~Kuroko no Basuke
A saiyan has no limits.
~Vegeta, Dragon Ball Super
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”
~Edward J. Stieglitz, probably (often credited to Abraham Lincoln)
“The hard truth is that we can’t make time, we can only take time”
“The quality of our time is determined by our ability to be present”
Our minds are incompetent time travellers
Mistakes are a great education when one is honest enough, to admit them and willing to learn from them
~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
~Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life (often credited to Arthur C. Clarke)
When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it. And I had love, but I did not feel it. Many decades would pass before I understood the meaning of all three. And now, the twilight of my life, this understanding has passed into contentment.
Love, liberty, and time: once so disposable, are the fuels that drive me forward. And love, most especially, mio caro. For you, our children, our brothers and sisters. And for the vast and wonderful world that gave us life, and keeps us guessing. Endless affection, Mia Sofia.
~Ezio Auditore.
Structure is the key. In order to handle information overload. Have a good structure and meta structure.
~John Weigly
Structure is the key
~Conor McGregor
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
X-Men: First Class
Professor Charles Xavier:
You know, I believe that true focus lies somewhere between rage and serenity. Would you mind if I…
[Charles makes a gesture to request permission to read Erik’s mind]
Erik Lehnsherr:
[Erik signals approval and while Charles reads Erik minds. We see moments of Erik’s childhood with his mother] What did you just do to me?
[Both Erik and Charles cry]
Professor Charles Xavier:
I accessed the brightest corner of your memory system. It’s a very beautiful memory, Erik. Thank you.
Erik Lehnsherr:
I didn’t know I still had that.
Professor Charles Xavier:
There is so much more to you than you know. Not just pain and anger. There is good, too. I felt it. When you can access all of that, you will possess a power no one can match. Not even me.
Resisting temptation is easier when you think you’ll probably get another chance later on.
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette. – Professor Charles P. Issawi
Efforts never fail.
Enjoy and do what you like doing as much as you can. New jobs are created all the time. There are jobs like esports players, online personalities, etc. Those jobs did not exist 100 years ago. One day, the one that you love doing right now, will be a job only you can do. – Zom 100 Anime, Episode 7
A healthy man wants a thousand things, but a sick man only wants one.
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.” ~ Amelia Earhart
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. - James Clear, Atomic Habits
If you wish to succeed, consult three old people.
Those of you who think you know everything are annoying those of us who do.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ― Unknown (often credited to Albert Einstein)
“There is a fine line between genius and insanity…I have erased that line.” - Oscar Levant ↪︎
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? - Hillel the Elder, Pirkei Avot 1:14 ↪︎
Eat a frog in the morning - ↪︎
Every man that has his senses together is lazy ↪︎
“A blade can cut a hair, but an axe can cut a tree. But a blade can’t cut a tree and an axe can’t cut a hair.”
“Like a dog chasing a ball but you can’t see the ball so you follow the dog that is chasing the ball” - Notail on jerax Dota 2 true sight
“The right choices are the hardest to make.” - Notail Dota 2 true sight
“The tiger bites the thrower, but the dog chases the mud ball. Find the source, core paradigm. Don’t chase the problem.” ↪︎
“Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams.” - Hal Elrod
“No level of obstacle can prevail in crippling a mind that’s continuously fed with positive self-talk.” - Edmond Mbiaka
“So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m saying, I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it.” - Jim Carrey
“All problems are illusions of the mind.” - Eckhart Tolle
“For what it’s worth; it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.”
- Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008 film (often credited to F. Scott Fitzgerald)
I bet your parents taught you that you mean something….↪︎
Best BvS quote
What you usually think will largely determine what you will become in the long term
“Desire for nothing except desirelessness. Want nothing and you will have everything. Seek not to possess anything but to surrender everything. Real happiness lies in making others happy. Be angry with none but your weakness. Hate none but your lustful self. Love others as you would love yourself and all that is yours. Live less for yourself and more for others. One must die to one’s own self to be able to live in all other selves.” - Meher Baba
Opportunity does not seek us; we must seek it
- The power of concentration book
“Effortless control of the total self” - ↪︎ (This quote still gives me chills)
Competent Man
The only thing that does not fail is training Well, everyone’s unsure of their fighting abilities. When that happens, just train more! When you’re afraid, just train! When something doesn’t feel right, just train! When you don’t believe in yourself anymore, just train! The only thing that won’t betray you is your training. - Shio Sakaki (KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple)
Unless you change the core beliefs of a person, you can’t change his habits, or his life.
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. - Og Mandino
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. - Unknown (often credited to Confucius)
Either I will find a way, or I will make one. - Philip Sidney
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas A. Edison
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt
You are never too old to set another goal, to dream a new dream. - Unknown, possibly Les Brown (often credited to C. S. Lewis)
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. - Swami Sivananda
I dwell in possibility. - Emily Dickinson
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. - Helen Keller
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective. - Harvey Mackay
When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. - Unknown
You’re going to go through tough times - that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events. - Joel Osteen
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to be yourself. - Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try. -Jack Canfield
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. - Anonymous
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it. - Anonymous
When you feel like quitting, think about why you started. - Anonymous
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. - Richard Whately
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Carl W. Buehner (often credited to Maya Angelou)
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. - Jonathan Swift
You don’t have to be great to start. But you do have to start to be great. - Anonymous
If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs. - Anonymous
You may delay, but time will not. - Benjamin Franklin
If you can dream it, you can do it. - Tom Fitzgerald, Disney Imagineer (often credited to Walt Disney)
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. - After Squire Bill Widener, quoted in Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiography
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. - Bo Jackson
You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. - Ted Turner
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore
To begin, begin. - William Wordsworth
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. - Carol Burnett
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Unknown (often credited to Mahatma Gandhi)
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. - Robert Kiyosaki
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. - Thomas Jefferson
Stay hungry, stay foolish. - Steve Jobs
Do it now. Sometimes ’later’ becomes ’never’. - Anonymous
Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it. - Steve Chandler
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. - Unknown (often credited to Benjamin Franklin)
Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. - G. K. Nielson
Push today for what you want tomorrow. - Lorii Myers
Wake up early and tackle the day before it tackles you. Be on offense, not defense. - Evan Carmichael
Dream is not what you see in sleep; dream is something which doesn’t let you sleep - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. - Muhammad Ali
You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it - Robert Anthony
It’s not about time, it’s about choices. How are you spending your choices? - Beverly Adamo
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. - Conrad Hilton
Even the smallest of thoughts have the potential to become the biggest of successes, all you have to do is get up and get going. - Anonymous
That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking, why the hell not? Why not you? Why not now? - Timothy Ferriss
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein
Wake up and face life’s challenges head on. Else, life will become quite a challenge. - Anonymous
Every great story on the planet happened when someone decided not to give up, but kept going no matter what. - Spryte Loriano
If you haven’t been able to achieve something, today is the best time to start working towards it again. - Anonymous
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. - Herb Brooks
It is not just another day, it is yet another chance to make your dreams come true. - Anonymous
Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something. - Jake, “Adventure Time”
It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you but no one can walk it for you - Anonymous
Work until your idols become your rivals - Anonymous
Success isn’t about being the best. It’s about always getting better. - Anonymous
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. - Karim Seddiki
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. - Unknown (often credited to Isocrates)
If you fear failure, you will never go anywhere. - Unknown
History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts them asunder to appear in new habiliments, as the feeding and growing grub, at intervals, casts its too narrow skin and assumes another… Truly the imago state of Man seems to be terribly distant, but every moult is a step gained. – Thomas Henry Huxley, Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature, 1863 (often credited to Charles Darwin)
The joys of love made her human and the agonies of love destroyed her. – Spock, “Requiem for Methuselah”, stardate 5842.8
Q: Know what the difference between your latest project and putting wings on an elephant is?
A: Who knows? The elephant might fly, heh, heh…
Women inspire us to great things, and prevent us from achieving them. – Dumas
Do not let your mind convince your soul to do anything.
Secretly, every bodybuilder wants to be a fighter.
Edward from Fullmetal Alchemist, “To create or obtain something, something of equal value must be sacrificed.”
“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you.”
What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.
~ C. JoyBell C.
The key to success is consistency, not hard work, but it’s hard to be consistent
“I am not back because of magic, but because of the Purity of will” - Anti-Mage, Dota 2
“Sometimes beginnings aren’t so simple, sometimes goodbye’s the only way.”
- Linkin Park, “Shadow of the Day”
“The Sun doesn’t give light to the Moon assuming the Moon’s gonna owe it one.”
- Linkin Park, “A Place for My Head”
“If you love somebody, you have to dress to show them.” - BlackBerry, 2023 film ↪︎