I've started carrying around a small journal everywhere I go. In the very first page I would like to have at least 3 quotes and at most 5 that can help me everyday if I ever need it. I've been thinking of ''This too shall pass'', but after that I don't know what else. Which ones do you guys recommend?
My favorite quote of all time is, "Circumstances make men." It rings true. Never seen it attributed other than Anonymous, however. I guess what it means to me/what it might mean to you is just a reminder that no matter what situation you find yourself in, it's a part of you; it helps to form you, for good or ill. This is sappier than I usually get, but I firmly believe that the places we go and the things that happen to us dictate who we are. Sometimes we just need a small reminder that even the shittier things in life may help somewhere down the line.
"If you will it, it is no dream"-Theodor Herzl, but I first heard it read by Walter Sobchak
Mhmm I've never heard this one before, I like it a lot thanks!
Here's where I first heard it. It boils down to "make it happen". I have certain friends that if you were to ask, "what are two phrases thenewgreen says too often", they'd say if you will it, it is no dream and make it happen. I'm a firm believer that there is no beauty, but the beauty of action.
Nice, I have always been living my life with the motto of "just do it", even though it's very Nike, I love the significance, and it very close to your quote. Thanks man.
"Truth resists simplicity."
- John Green It's pretty self-explanatory, I think.
I forgot about this quote. Thanks I might use it.
"One man can make a difference, and every man should try." -John F. Kennedy
"Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation." - (often misattributed to) Alasdair Gray. Cuts to the quick for those who live of the mind. Such as myself. I think a lot about context, but this quote serves to remind me that context is better applied to the past rather than the present.
"The road to hell is paved with un-bought stuffed dogs." - Ernest Hemingway I'm so deep.
By Teddy Roosevelt: "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."