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Ask HN: Which quote had the biggest impact on your life?
3 points by alantrum 3508 days ago
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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"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
I really need to read this book. It has been several time already i've seen quotes from this book
"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."

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

I loved this one as well.
And this one : "Most people use excuses. Don't be most people"
You miss a 100% of the shots you don't take.