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Ask HN: What quote inspired you the most?

5 pointsby ConceitedCodeabout 12 years ago
I'm collecting quotes for my weekend project, http://www.inspirationalquoteaday.com, and would like to know what quote inspires you the most.

7 comments

mitmadsabout 12 years ago
Not a quote, but i go back to 'If' by Rudyard Kipling often and enjoy them in snippets. Here is one i always like:<p>If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss;
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will_brownabout 12 years ago
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Muhammad Ali<p>This quote was more related to Ali's joining the Nation of Islam, but in the Movie Ali this quote was referenced while Ali was talking to reporters about his conscientious objection. Especially because the US government wanted to make an Anti-American example out of Ali's refusal of the draft, but in reality people rallied behind Ali's decision which sparked the entire Anti-Vietnam movement.
csixty4about 12 years ago
The "Be the Change..." quote is a big one for me. But the biggest one is probably on the shirt I'm wearing today. "Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work." - Chuck Close
ConceitedCodeabout 12 years ago
"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
cafardabout 12 years ago
Only the wasteful virtues earn the sun.<p>W.B. Yeats, "Pardon, old fathers", the prefatory poem to the book <i>Responsibilities</i>. (I think.)
devonbarrettabout 12 years ago
<i>"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know."</i> -Epicurus
beeg86about 12 years ago
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.--Lao-tzu