Quotes that Impact You. (Explain Why)

Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.

"I succeeded with...1% hard work, 20% determination, 30% craving attention, 20% liking basketball, 20% wonderful friendship...5% curry sauce, 3% seasoned vegetables, and 1% skill!"

-Sunohara Youhei-

"S-Starting tommorow morning... do you think us being lovers would be interesting?"

-Tomoya Okazaki

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"Bad things happen, when the good guys do nothing!" -Tears Of The Sun-

"What we do in life echoes in eternity." -The Gladiator-

"Carpe Diem" -Dead Poets Society-

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You'll never know what you're gonna get." -Forest Gump-

"I see dead people." -Sixth Sense-

"What's the world coming to?" -The God Father-

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Would you kill someone you love, out of love? -Ga-Rei: Zero

Only 3:

"I saw, I conquered, I came." -sexual parody of Napoleon's quote

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me" -anonymous
(I like this one because it is so false)

"There is something in this world that nobody has ever seen. That thing is something nice and sweet. If everyone can find it, they will probably fight for it. That is why the world (I personally prefer to replace world with God) hid it where no one can easily obtain it. But one day a special person will find it, and that one person is the only one who can obtain it." -opening/ending quote of Tora Dora (can't memorize it word per word. Sorry.)

"Balance is determining the accuracy of attitude to your success journey."
-- Mario Teguh

Actually that's a Julius Caesar Quote.

The original quote being "Veni Vidi Vici" Translated to "I came, I saw, I conquered".

Was it Ceasar? Thanks for the correction. But Napoleon did do a lot of boning in his time.

"Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace." ~Dalai Lama

one last. Can't remember it clearly, but it goes like this:

"There are 3 things that makes a terrifying monster; First, it cannot speak.
Second, it's unidentifiable. Finally, it doesn't make sense even if you kill the monster." -Toko Aozaki

"The Earth was Blue, but there was no God."
Don't know who said it.
Even since early years never believed in that kind of things.
Oh, there's another one:
"Don't have anything against God, but his fan-club is quite annoying."
Don't know who said it too, sorry.
It's a rough translation from Russian, surprisingly correct in my attitude towards religion. :)

-Yuri Gagarin
Remember to Google things first if you don't know who said it could find the answer.

Here's another quote so my post fits
"Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters" -Alexander the Great

I forgot who said this but it really spoke to me

" Life is not about gaining that which you don't have but in learning to use what you already have".

"You will not become a new person when you are determined to maintain your old ways. You will be called new, only if your ways new."
-- Mario Teguh

From Sun Tzu,

Ultimate Excellence lies
Not in winning every battle
but in defeating the enemy
without ever fighting.

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when you're uncool."
- Lester Bangs in Almost Famous

“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.”

That's my favorite quote of all time

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."

Henry Ford

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

~Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu