Working Quotes that Have Helped You.

[Sobrbiker]

Two quotes, attributable to random folks in my life rather than literary masters, that profoundly impacted the trajectory of my life:

-“kid, there’s only two things you need to know about God:
there is one, and you ain’t Him.”

-“do you really want to live the rest of your life like this?”

 

[justscience]

"What goes around, comes around."

 

[Streeper541]

"Life is tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid." ~John Wayne

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ~Mike Tyson

"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you." ~Jesus Christ

"Know thyself. Know thy enemy." ~Sun Tzu

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him" ~ George S. Patton Jr.

“We do not seek peace in order to be at war, but we go to war that we may have peace. Be peaceful, therefore, in warring, so that you may vanquish those whom you war against, and bring them to the prosperity of peace.
– St. Augustine

 

[Kobold]

“It’s tough to soar with eagles when you’re surrounded by turkeys”
I just remember a dear departed co worker saying this a lot. We worked with a lot of morons there.

 

[brian64]

Well, certainly this quote has to be included here:

Charlie Kirk in 2016:

"You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies."

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/802991026822676480

 

[JOHN72]

God will adjust the score with you, even if you hide in a nest of snakes.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

"Life is tough. It's even tougher when you're stupid." ~John Wayne

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ~Mike Tyson

"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you." ~Jesus Christ

"Know thyself. Know thy enemy." ~Sun Tzu

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him" ~ George S. Patton Jr.

“We do not seek peace in order to be at war, but we go to war that we may have peace. Be peaceful, therefore, in warring, so that you may vanquish those whom you war against, and bring them to the prosperity of peace.
– St. Augustine

All good quotes, but in 1911 G. K. Chesterton put in writing the quote you attributed to Patton. I’m sure many people have repeated this line over the years so the origin gets blurred.

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
– Illustrated London News, Jan. 14, 1911

 

[ashdigger]

Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect, until they don’t respect your dignity

 

[Shore]

If the minimum wasn't sufficient, it wouldn't be the minimum...

They pay me for what I'm willing to do, not what I actually do. (You don't want to know what this guy did for a living)...

No plan survives first contact with the enemy, so relentlessly prepare instead of plan...

 

[Briarcutter]

Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect, until they don’t respect your dignity

Until????? What then?
Should read,
Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect, especially when they don’t respect your dignity

 

[Hillcrest]

What are some great quotes, not necessarily famous people quotes, that you have come to value?

"No" ... the first guy who had to say it.

 

[BingBong]

"No good deed goes unpunished"

 

[wyfbane]

If someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time...

Maya Angelou

 

[RL Bucktails]

Be a leader not a follower.

 

[ashdigger]

Until????? What then?
Should read,
Treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect, especially when they don’t respect your dignity

Feel free to live by your own motto.

 

[georged]

"The Earth would be an amazing, wonderful place filled with cooperation and mutual respect if H. sapiens didn't produce occasional Dark Triad individuals (narcissistic Machiavellian sociopaths). Those creatures are the root cause of man's intra-species problems. Strife, war, hatred, and discontent are what their brains feed on, and they never stop creating it wherever they go. Never. They can't. It's how they are wired."

 

[fireground_piper]

I drink alone

 

[Briarcutter]

Feel free to live by your own motto.

I'm certainly going to try. Forgiving my enemies is always the challenge.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

“Hard work pays off over time. But laziness always pays off now.“

 

[renfield]

Something I often said at work when short sighted schedule myopia was kicking in:

“It can only be on time once, but it can be a piece of sh** forever.”

That earned me plenty of dirty looks in meetings. They knew it was true.

A related quote I often used was

“How often has one of our customers with a broken airplane asked if all the drawings got released per the schedule?”