A quote that you live by

[VaudevillianVeteran]

You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard - My Father.

I don't live by it. I just keep it in mind.

 

[crudus]

"Could be worse; could be raining." -Hitchhiker's Guide

Whenever I am feeling sad I always say this to myself and I always feel better [footnote]Warning: your results may vary. I am looking at you Seattle![/footnote]

 

[Baby Eater]

Enjoy life. It only happens once.

 

[dutchmastakilla]

Im just taking a shot in the dark here and hope this hasn't been posted already ( I'm not reading 10 pages of quotes right now. )

One thats truly inspirational to me has always been-

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don' t matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss

 

[grimhammer]

The warrior's creed, penned by an unknown samurai in the 14th century.

I have no parents: I make the heavens and Earth my parents.
I have no home: I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death: I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power: I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means: I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets: I make character my magic secret.
I have no body: I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes: I make the flash of lightning my eyes.
I have no ears: I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs: I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy: I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.
I have no design: I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
I have no miracles: I make right action my miracles.
I have no principles: I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics: I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents: I make ready wit my talent.
I have no friends: I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy: I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor: I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle: I make my immovable mind my castle.
I have no sword: I make absence of mind my sword.


Also, in the same vein: "vincit qui se vincit"
Means, "he conquers who conquers himself"

RUSH THAT SHIT DOWN! - "Mr. Street Fighter" Alex Valle

 

[troth]

It is far better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Something else very similar to this: "A closed mouth gathers no foot."("Foot" can be exchanged for fist if deemed unclear.)

 

[Fwee]

"You are what you do when it counts"
John Steakly's Armor.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

The story of Metal Gear Solid 2 has always made me think an awful lot, but this snippet of dialogue is awesome:

Spoiler

Snake: "Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. When you do, pass it on to the future."
Raiden: "Believe in what?"
Snake: "That's your problem."

There's another piece from Snake, that goes along with this:

Spoiler

"We can tell other people about - having faith. What we had faith in. What we found important enough to fight for. It's not whether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have, that decides the future."

These are both from the ending, so spoiler'd. Not that they're really spoilers, but.

 

[Meander112]

"Never let your rationalism blind you to the fact that most of our thinking is magical thinking."-from Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy

 

[TankCopter]

Adding the word 'literally' to a sentence literally makes it more interesting. I'm not even kidding.

 

[Phenakist]

"If in doubt go flat out" - Colin McRea

or

"If at first you don't succeed use more explosives" - Me

 

[linwolf]

"If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It."

 

[Who Dares Wins]

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta bubble gum"
- Nada

 

[KidGalaxy]

The balm of philosophy cannot always touch us, and when we are left alone, there is one recourse to which, time and time again, all must turn. Absolute faith in hope. For hope springs eternal. Because even in the darkest recess of Pandora's Box, there is a glimmer.

 

[Gauntes]

this one is from personal experience, and is actually the motto of a friend's band

"Never Regret Your Scars."

what about the ones made from pimples?


anyways

"Life is full of pain and then you die."
my psychology professor

 

[Eponet]

"Right, you...can't redo the past.
The dead won't come back. What's done cannot be redone.
I can't wish for such a thing."

"Reality cannot be overturned."

"This path... I don't believe it's the wrong one."

"I have no regrets, this is the only path." - Emiya Shirou

"Follow through is not intended to ascertain whether you have hit the target or not. What happens to the released arrow is obvious.
So, follow through is a preparation to accept that result." - Emiya Shirou

 

[Sansha]

"Plenty o' time to sleep when you're dead."

"Win if you can, lose if you must, always cheat."