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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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[–] 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

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

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

[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

A bit long, but charlie Chaplins speech in the dicktater. I mean dictator...

https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator-

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

From citizen Kane:

"It's easy to make a lot of money, if all you want is a lot of money"

Or something to that effect. Think about that line often

[–] 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

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

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

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

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

[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"be careful of what you wish for, as you may just get it"

[–] 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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[–] 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

[–] ryomensukuna@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Keep moving forward

[–] wabafee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I think it would be this two personally.

Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you. - Confucius

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. - V

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

"Friendly fire isn't!"

[–] burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] 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.

[–] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"The only thing to abuse is moderation" - A song quoting Sénèque, but I never found the original sentence from Sénèque (apparently he was talking about Sex in it but I think it applies to anything in life)

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

See I was always partial to: "Moderation in everything, but don't over do it!"

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The version I heard was "everything in moderation, including moderation."

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