Words of Wisdom

[AngelEy3 he/him]

On 7/21/2017 at 2:30 PM, Ammanas said:

I look at it in a similar way. I always ask myself, "Is this a hill I am willing to die upon defending?" Even if I feel that I am right I usually apologize and ask to move on.

I learned that lesson the hard way by dying on too many hills. 

[Shqueeves]

Oveja que bala, bocada que perdie

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Never take advice from strangers on the internet. 

Edited August 11, 2017 by Orlion On a Cob

[Calderis he/him]

14 minutes ago, Orlion On a Cob said:

Never take advice from strangers on the internet. 

Lies! The internet is a bastion of truth and unrelenting kindness and objectivity. 

Now please excuse me for a moment while I go and involuntarily cry and vomit from all the... Kindness. 

[Erandeni he/him]

1 hour ago, Shqueeves said:

Oveja que bala, bocada que perdie

I always liked that one, along with "No se ganó Zamora en una hora"

Edited August 11, 2017 by Idealistic

[Penumbra]

One of my favorite quotes is one that my ex boyfriend used to tell me when I felt like I was stuck in life:
"You are under no obligation to be the same person today that you were yesterday." It reminds me that when I mess up, the best I can do is see today as a new chance to be the person I want to be!

[ryshadium90]

No one can make you inferior without your consent. - Joy D. Jones: Sept 2017 General Women's Conference

[Steeldancer he/him]

I'm Batman. 

-Batman. 

[Nathrangking he/him]

From my father I received a very important and true piece of wisdom. It is what it is.

[ryshadium90]

Fathers are great. My dad's wisdom is:

Me: does something stupid

Dad: That was lame.

Me: Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Dad: Not this tree.

[mattig89ch he/him]

On 10/13/2017 at 4:11 PM, ryshadium90 said:

Fathers are great. My dad's wisdom is:

Me: does something stupid

Dad: That was lame.

Me: Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Dad: Not this tree.

He actually uses the term lame?  Thats awesome

[Malim he/him]

"You may be able to outrun something that's chasing you, but you can't outrun something that's running inside you."

Heard this from one of my patients years ago, and it has always stuck with me.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

"If you're going to comment on a discussion you weren't originally part of, at least have the decency to pay attention.

[ryshadium90]

On 10/14/2017 at 4:55 PM, mattig89ch said:

He actually uses the term lame?  Thats awesome

Yeah. He's strange that way.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@Malim Your body systems general run inside of you, did this person have a runny nose? or perhaps they were there for a transplant or something.

[Malim he/him]

@Darkness_  He had a brain tumor.  I don't want to go into too much detail, but it was inoperable, and he knew it.  He had wanted to talk about options for chemo, but then had decided to just let the disease run its course.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

9 hours ago, Malim said:

@Darkness_  He had a brain tumor.  I don't want to go into too much detail, but it was inoperable, and he knew it.  He had wanted to talk about options for chemo, but then had decided to just let the disease run its course.

Oh dear. I see.

[Caesura she/her]

Doctor Who has some great quotes. The most recent episode had this gem:

Quote

"...Winning? Is that what you think it’s about? I’m not trying to win. I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone — or because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. It’s not because it’s fun. God knows it’s not because it's easy. It’s not even because it works, because it hardly ever does. I do what I do because it's right! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind! It's just that. Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live — maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, maybe there’s no point in any of this at all, but it's the best I can do. So I'm going to do it, and I will stand here doing it until it kills me. You're going to die, too, someday. When will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall. Stand with me. These people are terrified. Maybe we can help a little. Why not, just at the end, just be kind?"

 

[AngelEy3 he/him]

@Caesura Gotta love the Doctor

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

On 20/10/2017 at 10:47 PM, AngelEy3 said:

@Caesura Gotta love the Doctor

My favourite Doctor is Doctor Who.

[Ammanas]

There's a dignity in consequences.  I think there's a kind of truth in them, and I try to cultivate a profound respect for truth

Edited November 19, 2017 by Ammanas

[ryshadium90]

Beware of little expenses. A small leak can sink a great ship. - Ben Franklin

A friend of mine used this as a basis for a dwarvish bedtime story, how always giving to the poor can turn on you when they swarm you for more.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

 

[PlanetReelo she/her]

'A stitch in time saves nine'

Learned this the hard way back in my uni days, when I noticed that the floor of my bathroom had a small dip which I ignored because, well, DIY.  Nine months later, the entire floor of my bathroom started collapsing in to the vacant flat beneath me, with £1000s in cost for water damage. Thank the lord for home insurance.

Edited November 20, 2017 by PlanetReelo

[mattig89ch he/him]