What quote permanently changed the way you look at things? (reddit.com)

These quotes are particularly useful when life throws a curve ball.

"I shall either find a way or make one." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inveniam_viam

"Fortune favours the brave" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_favours_the_bold

"I think therefore I am." -- Descartes

Descartes was a deep skeptic and this statement was the one thing he could irrefutably believe must be true. Everything else is various degrees of speculation.

The higher, the fewer.

Jim Keller talking about reading two books a week for 50 years

https://youtu.be/Nb2tebYAaOA?t=5048

Standing strong, true, and free.

Most people are not rational, they are TRIBAL: "my gang yay, your gang boo!" It really is that simple. The rest is cosmetics. -- War Nerd

There is a saying, "Neither a lender nor a borrower be.". At some point I twisted that in my mind to "Neither a leader nor a follower be" and have tried to live by both.