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Is there a quote from someone famous (or infamous) that helps you rise above the hard things life hands you?

Asked by JLoon (8583points) December 21st, 2020

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley

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canidmajor's avatar

“He who can destroy a thing, controls that thing.” – Paul Atreides

janbb's avatar

“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” – Pliny (possibly)

Dutchess_III's avatar

“They go low, we get high.” Or whatever.

KNOWITALL's avatar

@Dutchess_III haha, I like that one better!
That was Mrs. Obama ‘when they go low, we go high.’

Here’s mine:

“The very powerful and, the very stupid, have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views…which, can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.”
– Doctor Who

Jeruba's avatar

My former boss said: “Make a life out of what’s around you right now.”

Tropical_Willie's avatar

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ – Mark Twain

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

Intelligence is knowing how to do something. Wisdom is knowing not to do it.

kritiper's avatar

Yes. “Shit happens.” I don’t know who said it.

cookieman's avatar

No idea who said it but, *It will all be okay in the end and, if it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.”

janbb's avatar

^^ Best Exotic Hotel Marigold

Tropical_Willie's avatar

“So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.”

- – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

anniereborn's avatar

“Do your best every day, take one step at a time and appreciate every moment”
....me

KNOWITALL's avatar

Another: So far you have survived 100% of your worst days. You can do this.

SergeantQueen's avatar

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” -Maya Angelou

gondwanalon's avatar

“Life is not fair; get used to it.“ -Bill Gates

Darth_Algar's avatar

“Ya-honk!” – Walt Whitman

kritiper's avatar

“NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING!! And if you must assume something, then assume to NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING!”
Me. I say that…

Nomore_lockout's avatar

Just an epitaph on an old tombstone: “I told you I was sick”.

gondwanalon's avatar

“A man can never really see until he is looking down”. Actually I just made that up. HA!

bob_'s avatar

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” —Wayne Gretzky

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