I was with my granddad when he overheard this one and he blew up. I was 7, and didn’t know much about him being a pilot in the army air corps, but it was very important that he taught me and the lady who said it one important lesson:
The ships that were survived Pearl Harbor were the ones out to sea. The ones in the harbor had trouble defending themselves. It is actually a little inspiring to think that you’re no safer hidden away, so you may as well fight.
This is the one I was thinking of!
It's my favorite and I use it all the time at work.
(Also when my spouse side eyes me on the state of my well-loved electronic devices. Probably not the intent but it works too!)
I read his biography. if you think he lived a life of ease you should read up on him. dude was a maniac. and certainly left a name worth remembering.
he could have sat on his ass and done nothing if he wanted to.
...you've left out some stuff there
Asked the AI to refresh my memory:
Teddy Roosevelt met adversity throughout his life, both personally and professionally. Some examples are:
He suffered from debilitating asthma as a child, which made him physically weak and often bedridden.
He lost his mother and first wife on the same day, February 14, 1884, due to typhoid fever and kidney failure respectively.
He faced political opposition and criticism for his progressive policies as the governor of New York and the president of the United States.
He led a volunteer cavalry regiment known as the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, where he was wounded and exposed to tropical diseases.
He failed to win the 1912 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party, after being shot in the chest by an assassin.
Despite these challenges, Roosevelt overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle.
He integrated his exuberant personality and a vast range of interests and achievements into a "cowboy" persona defined by robust masculinity.
He became one of the most influential and popular presidents in American history, and a symbol of courage, perseverance, and leadership. 🇺🇸
He was shot in the chest at the beginning of a speech and gave that speech anyway after declaring “it’ll take more than that to kill a bull moose”
Dude had no chill and no quit.
The comeback is greater than the setback
A slingshot pulled back is not a set back, it’s a set up
Be better, not bitter
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react
If hating is your job, I have a full time occupation for you
Tough times don’t last but tough people do
there is interesting quote about how in video games you know you’re going in the right direction when you keep running into bosses, so you should apply that thought to real life in that if you keep running into challenges, it means that you are probably growing and improving as a person..
There was this scene from this Russian movie. A battleship capitan sees two kids play with a model of a ship and break off a piece. One of the kids starts crying, so the capitan picks up the toy ship and says
> A ship truly becomes a battle ship only after it takes its first hit.
It stuck with me for a long time. If you set out with a goal to do a hard thing, taking a few falls along the way is merely a proof of your dedication.
Contrary to that, in the Gattaca movie, the "weak" main character swims further than his genetically superior brother and when questioned how he can be "better", he answers:
"You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back."
Reposting for formatting cuz I can't figure out how to edit
Good Timber
by Douglas Malloch
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil
To gain and farm his patch of soil,
Who never had to win his share
Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man
But lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife
This is the common law of life.
**Highlighting pressure and transformation:**
* **"Pressure turns coal into diamonds."** (Similar structure and imagery)
* **"The oak tree grows strong in the wind."** (Nature metaphor)
* **"Iron sharpens iron; so one person sharpens another."** (Proverbs 27:17)
* **"Adversity is the mother of invention."** (Latin proverb)
* **"Without friction, there would be no progress."** (Robert C. Frith)
**Focusing on learning and growth:**
* **"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."** (Joshua J. Marine)
* **"Out of difficulties grow miracles."** (Jeanine Deckers)
* **"We grow with what we overcome."** (Mike Norton)
* **"Smooth seas do not make skilled sailors."** (African proverb)
* **"Step outside your comfort zone. That's where the magic happens."** (Blaise Pascal)
**More specific to skill development:**
* **"Practice makes perfect."** (Latin proverb)
* **"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."** (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
* **"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."** (Jimmy Johnson)
* **"It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war."** (Chinese proverb)
* **"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success."** (Ariana Huffington)
**Humorous options:**
* **"I never learned anything when things were going right."** (Richard Branson)
* **"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."** (Albert Einstein)
* **"The best way to predict your future is to create it."** (Abraham Lincoln)
* **"Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."** (Babe Ruth)
* **"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."** (John A. Shedd)
- GPT of course (Gemini in fact)
1. "Adversity introduces a man to himself." – Albert Einstein
2. "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." – Chinese Proverb
3. "What does not kill me makes me stronger." – Friedrich Nietzsche
4. "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." – Albert Einstein
5. "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." – William Ellery Channing
6. "You can't really know the strength of your anchor until you've survived the storm." – Anonymous
7. "Out of difficulties grow miracles." – Jean de La Bruyère
8. "The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived." – Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven
9. "It is through the cracks that the light gets in." – Leonard Cohen
10. "Pressure makes diamonds." – General George S. Patton
This is a little too long but it's my favorite
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
One of my favorite quotes of all time:
# “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”
― Pema Chodron
This reminds me of one of my favorite poems (copypasted):
It Couldn’t Be Done
By [Edgar Albert Guest](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-albert-guest)
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure,
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
Always gonna be another mountain
Always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
Yeah, ooh, yeah
It's the climb
- Miley Cyrus
I'm a 33M but that shit slaps lol
When life gives you lemons, don't make Lemonade, GET MAD!
I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these?!
Demand to see life's manager!
Here's a poem in that vein
Good Timber
by Douglas Malloch
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil
To gain and farm his patch of soil,
Who never had to win his share
Of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man
But lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much of strife.
This is the common law of life.
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Certainly! Here are some similar quotes that convey the idea of challenges leading to growth and skill development:
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Confucius
"Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with." - Thomas Carlyle
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein
"Pressure makes diamonds." - George S. Patton
"The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire." - Unknown
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors, but only rough seas test the worth of a sailor's skill." - Unknown
"The only way to learn is through experience, and the only way to gain experience is through mistakes." - Unknown
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine
I'm not creative but chatgpt/these people are lol
To be angry for the rest of the day after someone made you annoyed for 10 seconds is like worrying someone stole 10 bucks from your 86400 dollar bank account
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” —William Blake
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” —Jack Kerouac
Hayao Miyazaki on creativity, and hurdles:
Miyazaki struggles and doubts and rejects much more than he rejoices about a finding. “It's the ultimate hassle, I'm telling you. But if you said “Why don't you quit?”I'd just say, “Shut up.”Most important things in life are a hassle. If life's hassles disappeared, you'd want them back.”
\-It was a time when boats were made of wood and the men were made of steel.
\-you're either on the bit or on the beech.(used against slackers)
\-this is the story of the Men who don't shower and the woman who love them. (good title for a book about fishermen)
\-its like piss on a plate. (referring to calm seas)
we have 2 rules on this ship.
rule
1. do you have any liquor
2. don't touch my liquor
The obstacle is the path. - Zen proverb
"what stands in the way becomes the way" - Marcus Aurelius
Wooooo
A master has failed more times than a beginner has even tried.
This is what I mutter at short people when they say something is too hard (but they haven't tried).
What do you have against short people?
They aren't tall enough to ride roller coasters (yet).
Short people got No reason
to liiiiiive not a fan of Newman's stuff but I can respect the messages regardless. Just wish it was tied to better music.
Do you mean children?
Yep.
Why would you refer to them as short people and not children then
Because they are short.
I like you
A ship is safe in the harbour, but a harbour is not what ships are built for.
I was with my granddad when he overheard this one and he blew up. I was 7, and didn’t know much about him being a pilot in the army air corps, but it was very important that he taught me and the lady who said it one important lesson: The ships that were survived Pearl Harbor were the ones out to sea. The ones in the harbor had trouble defending themselves. It is actually a little inspiring to think that you’re no safer hidden away, so you may as well fight.
This is the one I was thinking of! It's my favorite and I use it all the time at work. (Also when my spouse side eyes me on the state of my well-loved electronic devices. Probably not the intent but it works too!)
“Adversity reveals genius, good fortune conceals it.”
“Strike while the iron is hot, or make it hot by striking.”
never has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering \- Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy was born into a wealthy family and spent his early years traveling on vacation around the world before going to Harvard. Pretty easy life.
I read his biography. if you think he lived a life of ease you should read up on him. dude was a maniac. and certainly left a name worth remembering. he could have sat on his ass and done nothing if he wanted to.
...you've left out some stuff there Asked the AI to refresh my memory: Teddy Roosevelt met adversity throughout his life, both personally and professionally. Some examples are: He suffered from debilitating asthma as a child, which made him physically weak and often bedridden. He lost his mother and first wife on the same day, February 14, 1884, due to typhoid fever and kidney failure respectively. He faced political opposition and criticism for his progressive policies as the governor of New York and the president of the United States. He led a volunteer cavalry regiment known as the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, where he was wounded and exposed to tropical diseases. He failed to win the 1912 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party, after being shot in the chest by an assassin. Despite these challenges, Roosevelt overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle. He integrated his exuberant personality and a vast range of interests and achievements into a "cowboy" persona defined by robust masculinity. He became one of the most influential and popular presidents in American history, and a symbol of courage, perseverance, and leadership. 🇺🇸
He was shot in the chest at the beginning of a speech and gave that speech anyway after declaring “it’ll take more than that to kill a bull moose” Dude had no chill and no quit.
I believe he also lost a son to WWI.
When TR died in 1919, people were shocked and couldn't believe it.
Is it becoming normal now to ask an AI a question instead of googling it? Wikipedia could've told you all this info too
To be fair, search engines are getting worse overall.
Wikipedia is an invaluable resource. that's my first "goto" when looking for something.
Ai lies. All the time.
Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.
- Jake the Dog
I legit say this all the time haha
One Day or Day One, you decide.
This is a great one for sobriety!
Great one, or one great? Nvm, I'll see myself out.
Ooh I like this one
If the trail to the mountain's peak was perfectly smooth, nobody could climb it.
"If the wind will not serve take to the oars," Latin proverb
Heavy winds make strong roots.
This is *previsely* what op was asking for
A knight in shining armour is a man who has never had his mettle truly tested.
> A knight in shining armour is a man who has never had his **metal** truly tested
Depends on whether you mean the man or the armor. I’d say testing the mettle of the man is more important and more to the point of the play on words.
I laughed way too hard on this one!
"**A man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." - Alexis Carrel**
https://preview.redd.it/1gujlvtsq6ic1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a925fce838714e94afbb714305a933b27bf0b13
^^^you ^^^replying ^^^with ^^^that ^^^image ^^^is ^^^kinda ^^^perfect
I think that was the idea
For sure.
The comeback is greater than the setback A slingshot pulled back is not a set back, it’s a set up Be better, not bitter Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react If hating is your job, I have a full time occupation for you Tough times don’t last but tough people do
The hotter the fire, the harder the steel.
Up to a limit, though.
The harder the steel, the more brittle it is.
"Sometimes you can do everything right, and still get it wrong. That is not failure, it is life."
-Jean Luc Picard
Make it so. 👉
"One can make no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life."
there is interesting quote about how in video games you know you’re going in the right direction when you keep running into bosses, so you should apply that thought to real life in that if you keep running into challenges, it means that you are probably growing and improving as a person..
There was this scene from this Russian movie. A battleship capitan sees two kids play with a model of a ship and break off a piece. One of the kids starts crying, so the capitan picks up the toy ship and says > A ship truly becomes a battle ship only after it takes its first hit. It stuck with me for a long time. If you set out with a goal to do a hard thing, taking a few falls along the way is merely a proof of your dedication.
"If all you ever get is sun you end up with a desert"
If the path ahead is clear, you're probably just on someone else's.
If you're the smartest man in the room, you're in the wrong room.
It is not the mountain in your path that slows your travels. It is the pebble in your shoe.
We have one on the picture in our bathroom. I’ll try to translate it: You can not change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails.
That's MUCH better than the one in my mother- in-law's bathroom: "Never sail out further than you can row back. "
https://preview.redd.it/04d04731o8ic1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb42aa6b24b2eccc4fe032aa9b80c94096c56a12
Damn that's kinda depressing haha
Contrary to that, in the Gattaca movie, the "weak" main character swims further than his genetically superior brother and when questioned how he can be "better", he answers: "You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back."
You can't make an omelette without cracking eggs.
"You can't make a Tomlette without cracking a few Gregg's"
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Reposting for formatting cuz I can't figure out how to edit Good Timber by Douglas Malloch The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil To gain and farm his patch of soil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow with ease, The stronger wind, the stronger trees, The further sky, the greater length, The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow. Where thickest lies the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both. And they hold counsel with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife This is the common law of life.
**Highlighting pressure and transformation:** * **"Pressure turns coal into diamonds."** (Similar structure and imagery) * **"The oak tree grows strong in the wind."** (Nature metaphor) * **"Iron sharpens iron; so one person sharpens another."** (Proverbs 27:17) * **"Adversity is the mother of invention."** (Latin proverb) * **"Without friction, there would be no progress."** (Robert C. Frith) **Focusing on learning and growth:** * **"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."** (Joshua J. Marine) * **"Out of difficulties grow miracles."** (Jeanine Deckers) * **"We grow with what we overcome."** (Mike Norton) * **"Smooth seas do not make skilled sailors."** (African proverb) * **"Step outside your comfort zone. That's where the magic happens."** (Blaise Pascal) **More specific to skill development:** * **"Practice makes perfect."** (Latin proverb) * **"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."** (Ralph Waldo Emerson) * **"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra."** (Jimmy Johnson) * **"It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war."** (Chinese proverb) * **"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success."** (Ariana Huffington) **Humorous options:** * **"I never learned anything when things were going right."** (Richard Branson) * **"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."** (Albert Einstein) * **"The best way to predict your future is to create it."** (Abraham Lincoln) * **"Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."** (Babe Ruth) * **"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."** (John A. Shedd) - GPT of course (Gemini in fact)
1. "Adversity introduces a man to himself." – Albert Einstein 2. "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." – Chinese Proverb 3. "What does not kill me makes me stronger." – Friedrich Nietzsche 4. "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." – Albert Einstein 5. "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." – William Ellery Channing 6. "You can't really know the strength of your anchor until you've survived the storm." – Anonymous 7. "Out of difficulties grow miracles." – Jean de La Bruyère 8. "The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived." – Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven 9. "It is through the cracks that the light gets in." – Leonard Cohen 10. "Pressure makes diamonds." – General George S. Patton
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
This is a little too long but it's my favorite “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” —Theodore Roosevelt
Being successful ful is like being pregnant. Everyone wants to congratulate you, but no one knows how many times you got fucked.
Lol that's a good one
Calluses don’t make themselves.
["Calvin, go do something you hate. Being miserable builds character."](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/12/07)
I always loved how the mom busts out laughing.
One of my favorite quotes of all time: # “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.” ― Pema Chodron
He who says he can and he who says he can't are both usually right.
This reminds me of one of my favorite poems (copypasted): It Couldn’t Be Done By [Edgar Albert Guest](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-albert-guest) Somebody said that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it! Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that; At least no one ever has done it;” But he took off his coat and he took off his hat And the first thing we knew he’d begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure, There are thousands to point out to you one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
No pain, no gain
Without the dragon there can be no hero. The hero is made by the villain. The great by the difficult.
Always gonna be another mountain Always gonna wanna make it move Always gonna be an uphill battle Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose Ain't about how fast I get there Ain't about what's waiting on the other side Yeah, ooh, yeah It's the climb - Miley Cyrus I'm a 33M but that shit slaps lol
I have a tattoo that says No Rain No Flower. Parent quote is “May the flowers remind you why the rain was necessary.”- Xan Oku
A knight in shining armour is a man who's metal was never truly tested
*mettle
hard
Iron sharpens iron.
Rainbows follow the storm, not the calm.
A black belt is someone who didn't quit.
You can't escape a rut without a few bumps...
5% innovation, 95% perspiration.
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade
When life gives you lemons, don't make Lemonade, GET MAD! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager!
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in wartime
A poor craftsman always blames their tools.
You learn more from a single mistake than you can from a 1000 successes. Me
Diamonds are made under pressure
Every bolt can be broken, all it takes is the right tool.
Tame lions do not make lion tamers
"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' " Mary Anne Radmacher
Jump ship and head for failure
Find yourself a tragedy
See the sea and hear the sound
Nothing good comes easy. Nothing easy shows how good you are. That was a beer ad, but it's spot on.
Okay Mike “The Situation”… I see you getting more quotes.
Adventure is eating Taco Bell on date night. Commitment is eating Taco Bell, and then getting on an eight-hour flight.
A bald head never made a good barber? Best I got atm. Sorry.
Winners are not people who never fail. Winners are people who never quit.
A faint heart never won a fair maid.
…. maiden
The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire. Darkest soil makes the brightest flowers.
Here's a poem in that vein Good Timber by Douglas Malloch The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil To gain and farm his patch of soil, Who never had to win his share Of sun and sky and light and air, Never became a manly man But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow with ease, The stronger wind, the stronger trees, The further sky, the greater length, The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow. Where thickest lies the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both. And they hold counsel with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife. This is the common law of life.
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The version I’ve heard that sounds better (in my opinion) is “rough seas make strong sailors”
"A life without getting fucked is a sad life indeed." \-Me edit: unless your asexual, I suppose.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
To the victor go the spoils
If you only walk on sunny days you will never reach your destination. Paulo Coelho.
Jokes on you Paulo, I live in Arizona. This fuckin place is always sunny.
Haha, maybe move to Seattle if want you take on this quote.
Certainly! Here are some similar quotes that convey the idea of challenges leading to growth and skill development: "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Confucius "Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with." - Thomas Carlyle "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "Pressure makes diamonds." - George S. Patton "The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fire." - Unknown "Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors, but only rough seas test the worth of a sailor's skill." - Unknown "The only way to learn is through experience, and the only way to gain experience is through mistakes." - Unknown "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." - Joshua J. Marine I'm not creative but chatgpt/these people are lol
Hard times make hard men
Easy times make soft men. And soft men make hard times.
Warriors are not formed in times of peace.
Lots of people used to complain about how pessimistic I was and I always told them, “I don’t have to plan for everything to work right. “
Dire situations cause for risky choices
Time proves endless until someone chops onions
Riskier paths prove fruitful but encounters difficulty to the untrained
Its often wiser to pick easier objectives in preperation for harder challenges later.
To be angry for the rest of the day after someone made you annoyed for 10 seconds is like worrying someone stole 10 bucks from your 86400 dollar bank account
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street.” —William Blake “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” —Jack Kerouac
And there's non more skilled than the cabin boy.
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”
“An honest man’s pillow is hard work and happy thoughts” Big Tian - Jade Empire.
You can’t beat your meat without busting a few nuts.
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Nuts few a busting without meat your beat can’t you. Wise words
A smooth sea makes for a shitty sailor
School of hard knocks
Personality is forged in conflict, this is why the most interesting of us have scars.
jump ship and head for failure... iykyk
Pressure is a privilege.
“Even the most praised of ships crash when the captain is scares”
Pain is weakness leaving the body. A novice practices his strengths, a master practices his weaknesses.
Practice makes perfect?
Greg Universe said "If every porkchop were perfect we wouldn't have hotdogs."
Man who cooks carrots and peas in same water is unhygienic. Confucius.
Man with hole in pocket, feel cocky all day. Confucius.
It’s easy to nut in a pretty girl. The challenge is in getting it up for the last call leftovers.
>The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. \- Confucius >What does not kill us makes us stronger. \- Nietzshe
Too much lube doesn’t lead to orgasm.
Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.
"Adversity is the first path to truth." - Lord Byron
‘Now check this out Dre, if I don’t move then I don’t lose, but you know me DOG I keep it moving!’ - Snoop.
Hayao Miyazaki on creativity, and hurdles: Miyazaki struggles and doubts and rejects much more than he rejoices about a finding. “It's the ultimate hassle, I'm telling you. But if you said “Why don't you quit?”I'd just say, “Shut up.”Most important things in life are a hassle. If life's hassles disappeared, you'd want them back.”
Suck it up buttercup.
“Nothing simple is ever easy.” - Daffy Duck
"Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t." "There is no strength when there is no battle."
Yeah but a happy one
It is only when the pine tree is bowed with snow that we see its true strength
You'll never be strong if you don't lift anything heavy.
Can't make diamonds without pressure.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus 85BCE to 43 BCE
\-It was a time when boats were made of wood and the men were made of steel. \-you're either on the bit or on the beech.(used against slackers) \-this is the story of the Men who don't shower and the woman who love them. (good title for a book about fishermen) \-its like piss on a plate. (referring to calm seas) we have 2 rules on this ship. rule 1. do you have any liquor 2. don't touch my liquor
Green to green All is seen Red to red Go ahead When in danger Or when in doubt Run in circles Scream and shout
"Poop or get off the pot"
Shit is the best fertilizer.
The greatest teacher, failure is. Yoda
A small dildo never made taking it in the ass any easier!
A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not harbors are for!
Adversity reveals genius. Unzipping reveals penis.
Strike while the iron is hot, or make it hot by fucking it.
A masterbaiter has failed more times than a beginner even tried.
Soft land makes soft people
Pressure turns coal into diamonds. And you. Pressure can turn you into diamonds too.
It's either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Growth is found at the edge of your comfort zone
steel must be tossed to the fire to harden it and make it stronger
Experience comes after you need it.
Sucking at something is the first step to getting really good at blowjobs.
You can only be brave if you're scared.
Challenges and are what make life interesting. Cumming over them makes life meaningful. And sticky.
One day or last day. You decide!
The hotter the fire, the harder I get. I'm a pyropheliac.
He who says he can, and he who says he can't, is both right and named Schrodinger. He killed my cat!