“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway”.

“You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes.”

“In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

“Driving out corruption is an endless battle, but one that must be fought.” -from the Darkest Dungeon video game. I love this quote because it is how there will always be evil in this world, but just because it will always exist doesn’t mean it is not worth fighting against it.

“One day you’ll be nothing but a memory. Make it a good one.”

“Pray to God, but row away from the rocks.”

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

If you look for the light, you will often find it. But look for the dark- and it is all you’ll ever see.

“Having a dream isn’t stupid, Norm – it’s not having a dream that’s stupid.”

“There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.” – Mark Lawrence

“Your life isn’t yours if you care what people think”.

“Well yeah I’m sad, but at the same time I’m really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It’s like, it makes me feel alive, you know? It makes me feel human. And the only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before.”

“At the end of the game, the king and the pawn end up in the same box.”

“Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, ‘It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”

“What is grief, if not love persevering?”

One of mine is similar: “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

“Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”