Quotes you live by

[Mikeula]

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

 

[grilledcheesesandwich]

"Don't touch me, motherfucker." - Thomas Wiseau

 

[Joan Nyan]

I watch the speeches of these people, and they say the sun will rise, the moon will set, all sorts of wonderful things will happen, and people are saying, ‘What is going on? I just want a job.’

-Donald Trump

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

“bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!”
― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

 

[ASoulMan]

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ~ Dr. Seuss

 

[WireSponge]

"There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet."

 

[Radgy Chadobah]

Meredith Baxter is a lesbian.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

"What was your crime?"
"Poetry."

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.

 

[Quijibo69]

It's better to ask than to ask for a quarter.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well- acquainted with all that ye do.

 

[Javert]

People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door. - Karl Pilkington

 

[autisticdragonkin]

1The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.

2He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.

3He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

6Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

"go into battle hoping to live, and surely you will not. Go into battle determined to die, and surely you will live."

 

[Radical Goodspeed]

"The freedom to succeed goes hand in hand with the freedom to fail." ~ Sir Terry Pratchett

 

[SkinExhibit]

"Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood."
-Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco
“Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.”
"The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer."
-Frank Herbert

 

[Cave]

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." - Francis Bacon

"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken." - Albert Camus

 

[The Fool]

I can't remember the episode, but in King of the Hill, Hank said to Louanne "You need to find your own lawn", telling her she needs to find something she can devote herself to. That really stuck for me. It's good to have something you love to keep you busy.

Also this.

 

[LazarusOwenhart]

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis...!" The last words General John Sedgewick whilst standing in full view of a confederate sharpshooter of considerable ability.

 

[Fat Cat Represent]

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

--Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

 

[It's HK-47]

Invictus (Latin: Unconquered)

It's a bit of a lengthy quote to live by, perhaps, but the poem itself and the history behind why William Henley wrote it whilst laid out in the infirmary has always resonated with me. It's not terribly common for me to dedicate the time to memorizing an entire poem, but in the case of Invictus I couldn't help but to do just that.

Spoiler: The poem

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

-- William Ernest Henley, 26th of November, 1892

Spoiler: The history behind Invictus

In 1875 one of Henley's legs required amputation due to complications arising from tuberculosis. Immediately after the amputation he was told that his other leg would require a similar procedure. He chose instead to enlist the services of the distinguished surgeon Joseph Lister, who was able to save Henley's remaining leg after multiple surgical interventions on the foot. While recovering in the infirmary, he was moved to write the verses that became Invictus. This period of his life, coupled with recollections of an impoverished childhood, were primary inspirations for the poem, and play a major role in its meaning.