Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life?

Posted by alantrum on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @08:54PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I think for me it's : "Focus on the journey, not the destination". Because I thought for a while that when X will be done, my life will be much better, I will be more happy. But the thing is like many people X never happen... So now I'm focusing on what should I do everyday to be more happy.

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by MichaelAO on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:30PM (#12964069)

"Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry." - The Catcher In The Rye

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by alantrum on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:40PM (#12964117)

I really need to read this book. It has been several time already i've seen quotes from this book

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by adictator on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:20PM (#12964035)

"Karmanye vaadikaaraste ma phaleshu kadaa chana"

Sanskrit quote from the Gita, meaning: "Do the right thing, do not worry about results, the fruits / success will come eventually."

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by bikamonki on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:08PM (#12963999)

If you keep doing what you're doing you'll keep getting what you're getting.

As a dev, I obviously made an acronym for it: ykdykg

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by alantrum on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:15PM (#12964018)

I loved this one as well.

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by alantrum on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:23AM (#12964734)

And this one : "Most people use excuses. Don't be most people"

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Re:Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life? by dudul on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @09:36PM (#12964095)

You miss a 100% of the shots you don't take.

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