Let's take a look at some amazing quotes that Reddit users shared 10 years ago. These quotes have really changed lives, offering inspiration and motivation. Whether they were heard or read, these words have made a big impact. Join us as we explore these powerful sayings that continue to inspire people even today. Sometimes, just a few words can make a huge difference.
GotNoGameGuy
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd
There are a lot of sayings that reflect a similar sentiment, but this is the one that clicked in my head. I heard it at a time when I was at my lowest. It helped me get out of my wallowing, and to start taking the risks I had always dreamed of taking but always found excuses not to. That decision helped change my life and someday soon, I'll have achieved the goals I set for myself back then--and be prepared to take the biggest risk of my life... the one I've been working towards all this time.
DREFEI
"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."
-Mary Wollstonecraft
davidpardo
When I was a 14 year old exchange student, I told the family I was staying with that I didn't want to go in the roller coaster because it scared me to death. Mr Pirosko said to me 'David, if you're scared now, you'll be scared always'.
After 26 years, I remember that whenever I'm scared to do anything.
FormerSmart
"If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange them, we both still have one apple. However, if I have an idea and you also have an idea and we exchange them, we both have two ideas."
Don't remember where did I read it.
danxp
You don't have to be better than everybody else, you just have to be better than you were a week ago.
[theblueguy]
A year from now, you'll wish you would have started today.
PHASERStoFAB
Maturity begins when you can be right without having to prove the other person wrong.
consumer_monkey
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're probably in the wrong room.
"This is a great one. At work it felt rewarding that I was the guy people came to for help. Now that I moved on to a firm where I'm the one asking questions, everyday I'm learning and growing my career much faster."
Putting yourself outside your comfort zone once in a while can be terrifying but will always be rewarding.
Bosmantics
"Be who you are and say what you mean. Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"- Dr Seuss.
Lizard_Sphere_X
"If you want something bad enough, you will find a way." - Random old guy at the bus stop.
That was 2 years ago. because of him I started following my dreams and am making great progress.
losthiker68
"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." - Buddha
Strong-Karma
Whenever I experience something good OR bad "This too shall pass"
Makes me realize that every moment, no matter how amazing or terrifying, won't really matter in the long run. Live in the moment, chase happiness and forget about embarrassment or sadness. If everything passes in the end, why wouldn't you try and be happy as much as you can.
Talonspyre
"You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
[miraclelife]
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.
-Kurt V-
DsmDude
Stop saying, "I don't have time for _______." Change it to, "I'm not making _______ a priority."
Takes the helplessness out of your own intention. If it's something you need to make a priority, you'll change your behavior for the better.
[yesido]
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
This was a huge help for me. I've had to take steps for transition in my life, and make the choice to stray from what might be expected of me. I've taken leaps of faith, and they've really paid off. I learned to trust my gut feeling, and there's nothing I regret with those choices.
Lapras_Lass
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
It was a fortune cookie.
Ireallyhatepickles
life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself
[theoldman]
There are 2 types of pain. The pain of discipline or the pain of regret
1derland-
He who angers you controls you
bewaresharkattack
"We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve."
LadyMethaneCuddles
I read somewhere on reddit one time something along the lines of
"What hurts me the most, is knowing that there are people who keep saying they want to die when all they really want is to start living."
LupusSolaris
"In order to get something you never had, you have to do something you never have done"
johnvanarsdale
"“If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.” -- The Dalai Lama
wastingtime3
"We judge others by their actions, but we judge ourselves by our intentions."
poscaps
In a similar thread someone posted an summary of a conversation between them and a friend. I'm paraphrasing here... If anyone remembers the original quote or thread let me know so I can link it:
"I don't want to go back to school. I'll be 40 by the time I get my degree."
"You'll be 40 anyway."
RestSnorlax
“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.”
-Harun Yahya
cornnndog
"If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company."
Aior
"The master has probably failed more times the beginner has even tried."
DRW0813
"Everyone knows something you don't"
DictionaryStomach
"You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending."
berserkdemon1
"Try not to regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many."
DoctorDodger
"You can't wait for life to not be hard anymore to start being happy."
ClemofNazareth
“A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”
Kurt Vonnegut
BayouBoogie
"A man cannot build a reputation on what he is going to do." Henry Ford
baumee
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
-Mary Anne Radmacher
zazzlekdazzle
"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now."
Droidball
I had an old squad leader once tell me, "Go ask. The worst they can do is tell you ' no.'"
While obviously not applicable to every situation, it's convinced me to overcome a lot of social anxiety when it comes to requesting things from other people, especially superiors. If I ask in a respectful manner, and especially while illustrating my reasoning, the worst that reasonably happens is that my request is denied, and I'm right where I was to begin with.
People say, "Yes," a lot more often than I had assumed they would.
Khiva
On your death bed, you are visited by the person you could have been.
[whattoexpect]
"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel." Steven Furtick
von_liquid
"Every lie has an expiration date".
ExistentialJew
"A bowl is most useful when it is empty"
From the Tao. It really helped me with my anxiety and anger
PacificRen
Don't ask for a lighter load, ask for a stronger back.
WaffleIronMan
I was nervous for a test one day when I was in the 3rd for 4th grade, and my dad was about to drop me off at school.. He told me "You're going to take thousands of tests in life, it's okay if you fail a few.. As long as you learn from your failures." That's stuck with me all these years. I'm a senior now, and sometimes when I know I've fucked up.. Everything will be fine as long as I keep on moving forward.
[deleted]
"Everyone has two lives. You start living your second life when you realize you only have one."
gamepro250
"Your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one..." - Dr. Emmett L. Brown
Shermthedank
"do you listen or just wait to speak"
normalman714
I had a professor in college he called it the 10/90 rule. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Changed my life.
Marples
People don’t think about you as much as you imagine they do.
Idkwtdaama
“It’s easy to fool someone,it’s hard to convince them that they’ve been fooled”
sansaspark
“You might be the sweetest peach on the tree, but some people just don’t like peaches.”
This helped me get over my lifelong desire to be liked by everyone, and allowed me to focus on becoming someone I actually liked.
sinplyevanlopez
“There’s not a lot of things worth caring about.” Told to me by a close friend, and it really helped me get over my insecurities and self consciousness.
mypostisbad
Think of thing this way...
After you leave school, there will be two types of people in your life, your friends/family and strangers you will never see again.
You don't need to worry about being insecure and self conscious with the first group because they love/like you and so it really doesn't matter.
You don't need to worry about being insecure and self conscious with the second group because you're never going to see them again so it really doesn't matter.
FyL777
“Graveyards are full of irreplaceable people”.
That quote helped me stop going down the path of working myself to death because “my job needs me”.
youssless
'That mountain you've been carrying, you were only suppose to climb'
Really helped me overcome a lot of traumatic experiences and difficult chapters in my life. I hope it helps someone else out there.
Metoposaurus
"I've had a lot of worries in my life. Most of which never happened." - Mark Twain.
Found it on a workbook for anxiety disorders.
Punkydactual
My therapist once told me that living in the future is anxiety, living in the past is depression. Only good way is to live in the present moment.
limpid_space
Long time ago I was meeting two women on the sidewalk and just as we passed each other I heard this one sentence from one of them:
"You don't notice your progress in life because you are always raising the bar."
Baltusrol
“Worrying only means you suffer twice”
Spanglertastic
Don't put off the important in favor of the urgent.
El_Pigeon_
'Today is the oldest you've ever been in your life and the youngest you'll ever be again'
TannerTwaggs
"Don't wait until someone has died to give them flowers."
mattyice182
"We are what we repeatedly do. Success, therefore, is not an act, but a habit" - Aristotle
throwaway560q
"Be the change you want to see in the world". - Gandhi
