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Ask HN: What quote inspired you the most?
I'm collecting quotes for my weekend project, http://www.inspirationalquoteaday.com, and would like to know what quote inspires you the most.
- beeg86 14y agoA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.--Lao-tzu
- ConceitedCode 14y ago"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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- devonbarrett 14y ago"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." -Epicurus
- mitmads 14y agoNot a quote, but i go back to 'If' by Rudyard Kipling often and enjoy them in snippets. Here is one i always like: 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;
- mitmads 14y agoLink here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772
- csixty4 14y agoThe "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
- cafard 14y agoOnly the wasteful virtues earn the sun. W.B. Yeats, "Pardon, old fathers", the prefatory poem to the book Responsibilities. (I think.)
- will_brown 14y agoI 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 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.