Sharing random quotes

[RagnerTheHiker]

Found them in a history book so I thought I would like to share them.

"To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success" 

" Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have today."

-H. J. Heinz-

[brokenpieces]

"How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?" or "It's a leaning tower of cheesa" 🤣The Goofy Movie 

[GHOST223]

Pro lo vo veritas

It's Latin for i fly for freedom/truth

Though here's my quote

Though i fly through the the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for i am 120,000 feet and climbing for i rule the sky 

Here's another

Life is like a race... those who finish first have nothing to gain but those who finish last learn from their mistakes and have everything to gain 
@MOHLovesAlaska 

[RagnerTheHiker]

Good quotes everyone!

Here is a quote from:

“Pain is a gift. It teaches you things you wouldn’t learn any other way. I don’t enjoy it, but I respect what it’s made me.”

-NF-

[RagnerTheHiker]

Here is a quote from a Greek book that I read:

"There is no disgrace in avoiding death, so long as a man does not cling to life dishonorably; but neither is there any special virtue in meeting it if this is done out of contempt for life"

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[RagnerTheHiker]

Here is another quote from a Greek book. I think the author of this quote is Thucydides.

"For sorrow is not for a want of a good never tasted, but for the loss of a good we have been used to having" 

[RagnerTheHiker]

Here are some quotes from Greek authors:

• “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

• “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

-Socrates-

• “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”

• “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

-Aristotle-

• “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.”

-Epicurus-

• “It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.”

• “If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.”

-Heraclitus-

• “Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe.”

-Thales-

• “Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.”

-Democritus-

• “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." 

-Alexander the Great-

I love reading Greek and Roman history!

[AlyssaPandora]

Such a great roundup of quotes, @RagnerTheHiker! It’s interesting how thinkers from so long ago were asking questions we still wrestle with today. 

[RagnerTheHiker]

Thank you @AlyssaPandora 

I agree with you, they were very interested in everything about life.

[RagnerTheHiker]

"We chose to go to the moon in this decade, not because it was easy but because it was hard."

-John F. Kennedy-

[RagnerTheHiker]

Here are some quotes from Tommee Profitt one of my top artists.

On his cinematic sound

• “I’ve always wanted music to feel like a movie — like you’re stepping into another world.”

On creating without limits

• “I don’t ever want to make something that sounds safe. Safe isn’t inspiring.”

On working behind the scenes

• “I’m not the guy who needs to be in front of the camera. I just want to build something that moves people.”

On persistence

• “There were years where nothing was happening, but I kept showing up. That’s the part people don’t see.”

On collaboration

• “The best moments happen when you’re in a room with someone who’s not afraid to try something weird.”

On success

• “If you chase trends, you’ll always be late. If you chase your sound, you’ll always be early.”

On storytelling

• “I want every track to feel like the beginning of a story you haven’t heard yet.”

On growth

• “You get better by making a thousand things no one will ever hear.”