We're all just walking each other home
~ Ram Dass
Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#32"No gain without investment" - me
To remind myself that I won't grow mentally, financially, or physically if I don't put in the time, effort, or work. Any potential gains require some kind of investment/sacrifice on your part. Also reminds me not to complain if I didn't put in adequate effort. :)
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#331. "There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” Bruce Lee
Got me through the early frustrations of learning to program. Still does.
2. "Life is hard on he that delays" Russian proverb
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#34You don't get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate.
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#35The trouble is you think you have time. Buddha.
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#36Time to make the Donuts.
It originated with donut TV commercials but I think after 20 years in the industry it applies well to waking up every day to serve my tech clients.
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#37Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#38You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#39The trouble is you think you have time. Buddha.
Sorry, I have an annoying habit of chasing up fake-looking quotes. That one sounds like a 20th C American, and....indeed seems to be - apparently it's from a Jack Kornfield book, he was paraphrasing Don Juan in the Castaneda books, themselves fakes. Interesting discussion here:[0]
Here's (I believe) an actual Buddha quote on the topic, which I've always liked/thought scary:
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
They sure could write in 600BC huh.
[0] https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/the-trouble-is-you-think-you-ha...
Re: Ask HN: What is the one quote that you carry around in your head all the time?
#40The trouble is you think you have time. Buddha.
Thank you! I read further on that Fake Buddha quotes site (motto: "I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha!"), and learnt a lot from the comments and discussions, e.g. on this page[0] - like that some Buddha quotes I've 'known' for decades are just very bad mistranslations. Very grateful.
[0] https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/we-are-what-we-think-all-that-w...