My son today asked my wife and I what our favourite quotes were. We didn’t have an answer and turned to the Internet. As I browsed some quotes on reddit I decided to write this post listing some of the quotes I really enjoyed.
Useful to also remember Heinlon’s razor:“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don’t rule out malice.”
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“If I tell you I’m good, probably you will say I’m boasting. But if I tell you I’m not good, you’ll know I’m lying.” ~ Bruce Lee
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“Treat everyone like a gentleman, not because they are, but because you are” – Ed Sabol
“If good things lasted forever, how would we realize how precious they are?”From Calvin and Hobbes.
“Society grows great when old man plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.”Greek Proverb
“Someone once called me ignorant and indifferent. I don’t really know what that means, but I guess it doesn’t matter.”
“If you pay close enough attention, people will show you who they really are. When they do, believe them.”
“It’s better to ask and look stupid, than not ask and remain stupid.”